Does globalization express the imperialism of the West or is it a phenomenon that will corner Europe and the United States? Will we all be the same or will the differences persist? What will happen to democracy and human rights? These are some of the questions that run through this volume and where they face Gilles Lipovetsky and Hervé Juvin. As a proponent of globalization Lipovetsky is presented; It does not say that it is a good regime in itself; Simply claims that it is the only one there is because there is no other capable of replacing it. Lipovetsky is the pessimist, forced to develop an optimistic game. Juvin is an enemy of globalization, sees in it the death of cultural plurality and everything that has sustained it. He is the optimist whom the game forces to appear pessimistic. "This book presents the basis for a debate, two conceptions of the world as it is and how it works" (Philippe Gauthier). 'One thing remains: the Europe of the twenty-seven is, without doubt, a common market; It may simultaneously mark the loss of a common European culture "(Valérie Wosinski, Page).