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Existential Dimensions of 21st-Century Globalisation: A Philosophical Inquiry

Author(s) Dr. Dasarath Vidyasagar Murmu
Country India
Abstract This paper investigates the existential challenges posed by 21st-century globalisation, analysing how intensified flows of capital, information and displacement reshape human freedom, identity and ethical responsibility. It engages classical existentialist thinkers—Sartre, Heidegger, Camus—alongside contemporary sociologists like Bauman and Beck, while also integrating critical perspectives from non-European philosophers such as Fanon and Dussel. Through a methodology that combines phenomenological analysis, critical theory and transcultural critique, the paper traces how global conditions intensify alienation, fragment identity and constrain authentic agency. Applying these frameworks to concrete realities—including digital hyperconnectivity, refugee displacement and diasporic identity—it argues that globalisation produces not only structural but also deep existential dislocations. In response, the paper proposes an ethical-existential mode of being grounded in responsibility, situated freedom and transboundary solidarity. It concludes that globalisation, though fraught with risk and fragmentation, can become a space for renewed existential praxis if engaged with critically and ethically.
Keywords globalisation, existentialism, alienation, risk society, digital anxiety, diaspora, refugee, authenticity, transcultural critique, Sartre, Fanon, Dussel.
Field Arts
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-06-14
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.48035
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9qqc4

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