Globalizacja – czyli stare i nowe średniowiecze. Podobne symptomy końca i wykuwanie się nowego ładu

Comparing modernity with the Middle Ages, you can see how different the times were, but this difference disappears when you look at it from a distance and focus your attention mainly on signals of decline. There are many of them, for example changing the approach to the globalization process. The Medieval Silk Road was getting deserted in the fourteenth century, citizens frightened by the plague, were locked in their national communities. Crises, riots – are well known from the past. And although today special institutions are involved in maintaining global order, they are not effective enough. One can get the impression that a new era has been forging before our eyes. If this is the case, it is worth paying attention to those activities that helped survive medieval crisis. The principles thanks to which many countries managed to take a better position are also valid in the twenty-first century. It is worth using them. Presently, we witness a lot of threats, but it is the moment concealing unique opportunities.