One of the questions that often emerge on social construction regards whether globalisation can be termed as social construction and to what extent. Globalisation is defined as the spread of worldwide practices, relations, consciousness, and organisation of social life (Ritzer 2008). Speaking from this perspective, globalisation can be perceived as an element of social construction because as a phenomenon, globalisation play a critical in interpreting the social reality that is interpreted and reinterpreted by different social agents (Risse 2007). In this case, different social agents on a global scale use globalisation as a concept to interpret their world. For example, when considering economic globalisation, there is a need to reiterate that this does not just occur in a vacuum but rather in social setting with social actors who hold different positions in the global economy. Such positions shape not only their interests but also their identities. Speaking from this point of view, whereas the opponents of globalisation as a social construct argue that globalisation thrives because of advances in technology, there is a need to note that such advances in technology cannot occur in a vacuum but rather rely on human interactions to influence sharing of knowledge and assigning of meaning to different aspects of life. Thus, the impact of social interaction and the development of new norms, beliefs and culture play a critical role in influencing globalisation. This is further affirmed by Rosamond (1999) who notes that the construction of new meaning, notions and ideologies play a critical role in the establishment of agreements that supports regional integration, which is a critical element of globalisation.
社会建构中经常出现的一个问题是,全球化是否可以被称为社会建构,以及在多大程度上可以被称为社会建构。全球化被定义为全球实践、关系、意识和社会生活组织的传播(Ritzer 2008)。从这个角度讲,全球化可以被视为社会建构的一个要素,因为作为一种现象,全球化在解释不同社会主体所解释和重新解释的社会现实中起着至关重要的作用(Risse 2007)。在这种情况下,全球范围内的不同社会主体将全球化作为一个概念来解释他们的世界。例如,在考虑经济全球化时,有必要重申,这不仅仅发生在真空中,而是发生在社会环境中,社会行为者在全球经济中处于不同的地位。这些立场不仅塑造了他们的利益,也塑造了他们的身份。从这个角度讲,反对全球化作为一种社会结构的人认为全球化的繁荣是因为技术的进步,需要注意的是,这种技术进步不可能在真空中发生,而是依赖于人类的互动来影响知识共享和赋予生活不同方面的意义。因此,社会互动的影响以及新规范、信仰和文化的发展在影响全球化方面发挥着关键作用。Rosamond(1999)进一步肯定了这一点,他指出,新意义、概念和意识形态的构建在支持区域一体化的协议的建立中发挥着关键作用,而区域一体化是全球化的关键要素。
In conclusion, social construction plays a critical role in assigning meaning and development of realities in different societies across the globe. This is further supported by socialisation, which helps enhance the learning of norms, beliefs and ideologies in these societies, thus ensuring that people learn and internalise the meanings and realities that exist within their society. One of the concepts that could be termed as a social construction is globalisation. Whereas economists argue that globalisation is founded on market forces and technology, there is a need to note that the social interaction of human beings play an instrumental role in promoting the development of these forces. In this case, it is impossible to separate globalisation from social aspects of people across the globe. Thus, globalisation is a social construction.
总之,社会建设在赋予全球不同社会现实的意义和发展方面发挥着关键作用。社会化进一步支持了这一点,社会化有助于在这些社会中加强对规范、信仰和意识形态的学习,从而确保人们学习并内化其社会中存在的意义和现实。全球化是可以称为社会建构的概念之一。经济学家认为,全球化是建立在市场力量和技术基础上的,但有必要注意到,人类的社会互动在促进这些力量的发展方面发挥着重要作用。在这种情况下,不可能将全球化与全球人民的社会方面分开。因此,全球化是一种社会建构。