DE LA MONDIALISATION À LA SLOWBALISATION
Synopsis de l’article
Cette analyse déconstruit le mythe d’une mondialisation linéaire pour la présenter comme un processus historique cyclique, alternant entre intégration intense et rejets violents. En retracant l’essor et l’effondrement de la première vague en 1914, la reconstruction contrôlée de l’après-guerre et les excès de l’« hyper-mondialisation » récente, l’auteur démontre que nous sommes entrés, à la suite de chocs cumulatifs comme la crise de 2008 et la pandémie, dans une ère de « slowbalisation » et de fragmentation géopolitique,. Ce nouveau paradigme remplace la recherche de l’efficacité pure par une « économie du foyer national » axée sur la sécurité et la résilience, signalant un retour durable des frontières et des stratégies étatiques au détriment du marché global unifié.
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© Pierre Fraser (PhD, linguiste et sociologue), 2020-2025
Résumé
On décrit ici la mondialisation comme un cycle historique : l’hyper-intégration cède désormais place à une ère fragmentée priorisant la sécurité économique nationale.
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