Presenting one «another globalisation»: the globalisation of (((love)))

Abstract

The article presents an «other globalization» starring individuals who call themselves dropouts in relation to the global flows «from top» or «from below». These transnational migrants, heirs of the hippie movement,
are connected globally through a network of affections and loyalties. The text approaches the New Age religion and the counterculture showing a brief ethnographic exhibition of the celebration of a marriage made in the space-time of a new civilization in a village in central Brazil. The party, in
its different stages, presents New Agers openness to intercultural hybridizations and their engagement in a peaceful coexistence with the difference. Next, we bring a theoretical discussion about the importance of the «other
globalizations» concept for understanding many phenomena occurring on a global scale and its relationship to a revisited conception of cosmopolitics. New Age and counterculture are marked by their mysticism but also for its political demonstrations in defense of an alternative global agenda. By the end, considerations are made about the cosmopolitanism that animates this «other globalization», the globalization of (((love)))