I don’t like the idea of homogenizing globalization. I don’t like extinction and the disappearance of species. I love mondialité. This is a protest against homogenizing globalization.

Every day, I read the writings of Édouard Glissant. His work is a toolbox for the 21st century, and he shows us how global dialogue can produce and preserve differences. It’s urgent that we all read Glissant; it’s urgent that he’s translated into English. The 21st century, one could say, is Glissantian. Although he is not widely known, Édouard Glissant (1928-2011) is one of the most im- portant 20th-century writers, whose thinking remains fundamental. We should even be worried about his relative obscurity, since he dis- cusses with great insight the most important issues surrounding globalization: homogenization and extinction. His theory of the “creolization of the world” pertains to questions of national identity…