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Del quehacer funcional, penetra la categoría de la secuela no deseada. Según dicha teoría, existen riesgos globales (su construcción social y política) y, por tanto, varias (definiciones de) crisis ecológicas, que producen nuevos desórdenes y turbulencias mundiales. En quinto lugar, en las investigaciones que se realizan en el ámbito de la teoría cultural es preceptivo sustituir el concepto de linealidad y la disyuntiva <(o esto o eso», que subyacen a la axiomática nacional-estatal, por afirmaciones ilativas del típo <: globalización y regionalízación, vinculación y fragmentación, centralización y deseen- 64 65 tralización son, según esco úlcimo, dinámicas que se miran y corresponden como las dos caras de una moneda.

Ttca de la utilízación imperialista de los recursos naturales. ,p ropio terruñ o» se convierte en este sentid o en la reivindicación simultánea del derecho a disfrutar de unos recursos natura les y de la sobera nía nacional. ional de la sociedad global. Con todo, conviene subrayar la smgularidad de la politización involuntaria de todo~ loscam~os de la actividad social como resultado de los confhctos de nesgo . Los peligros percibidos abren a la decisión social unos automacismos al parecer comp letam ente bloqueados.

Este único sistema mundial, que privilegia los marcos referenciales para las desigualdades sociales a escala mundial, se lleva a cabo, según Wallerstein, a través del capitalismo. En su opinión, el capitalismo es, dada su propia lógica interna, necesariamente global. Surgida en la Europa del siglo XVI, la dinámica capitalista abarca y transforma radicalmente cada vez nuevos «continemeSJ>, espacios, rincones de la vida social tradicionales. » 8 Según Wallerstein, la economía mundial capitalista comporta tres elementos básicos: En primer lugar, consta--dicho figuradamente-de un solo marco, el cual está regido por el principio de la maximi~ zación de los beneficios.

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