Changes of the modem city in the age of globalization are one of current topics in the urban studies. The historico-philosophical Explication of globalization process will be useful to this topics. The historical constellation of globalization is not sufficient articulated in confusing postindustialism and postmodernism. It is necessary in urban studies of the age of globalization, to acknowledge the epistemological value of postmodernism to criticize the instrumental rationality of Moderne (economy of existence) and to seek the alternative logic of human existence (aesthetics of existence).