"Global/local" dichotomy: on statement of the problem
This article is devoted to the analysis of the context and causes of «global/local» dichotomy forming as a basic category of concept «globalization». The process of transformation in our experience of space and time relations is examined; this transformation has also caused the transformation of people's relations, territory of their physical living and their social practice. The process of transformation is considered through historical analysis; socio-philosophical analysis of the essence of spatial-temporal compression and its consequences is given.