21世纪是一个全球化的时代。“全球化”实际上是“现代化”的一个过程和阶段。全球化是经济、贸易、科技的一体化、趋同化。但现代性是多元的,现代化不等于西化,更不等于美国化。经济全球化不意味着文化一元化。近代以来西方现代化的历程和包括东亚在内的世界其他地区的现代化 The 21st century is a time of globalization. “Globalization” is actually a process and phase of “modernization.” Globalization is the integration, convergence and convergence of economy, trade and science and technology. However, modernity is pluralistic. Modernization does not mean Westernization, nor does it mean that it is Americanized. Economic globalization does not mean cultural unity. The Course of Western Modernization in Modern Times and the Modernization of Other Parts of the World including East Asia