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Globalization

Globalization. Lesson 2. Globaliz(s)ation: a buzzword of the “ Roaring Nineties ” to capture the increasingly independent nature of social life on our planet Early traces back in time: Huntington “ civilizations clash ” , Barber ’ s “ Jihad vs. MacDonald ” … As a result:

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Globalization

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  1. Globalization Lesson 2

  2. Globaliz(s)ation: a buzzword of the “Roaring Nineties” to capture the increasingly independent nature of social life on our planet • Early traces back in time: Huntington “civilizations clash”, Barber’s “Jihad vs. MacDonald”… • As a result: • 1) Universalizing Western civilization against parochial forces of localism • 2) Global vs. Local (glocal?) When it all started?

  3. As a matter of fact, globalization is an elusive concept: • On one hand: shrinkage of time and space (social disembedding) • On the other one: growth of reactionary forces that contrast and undermine the same process: • Examples: • A) rising of web based religious fundamentalism (Daesh, Al Quaeda) • B) “long distance call” nationalist movements (i.e. Front National) • http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/21/donald-trump-isnt-in-any-isis-recruitment-videos-but-bill-clinton-is-video/

  4. To recruit new sympathizers, “antiglobalizers” have to rely on tools provided by globalization • Cross-cultural fertilization, namely “hybridization” • Mixing of past and present, close and far away . What do we learn?

  5. Globality: a social condition characterized by tight global economic, political, cultural and environmental interconnections and flows that progressively erase borders. (indeterminate character) • Globalization: set of social processes that transform our present social condition of weakening nationality into one of globality. Shifting forms of human contact. • New condition not yet reached; dynamism in progress. Towards a definition

  6. Social change: where to locate it? old geographical scales distinguishing between local, national, regional no longer work. We often find the global in the local (NY, London, Tokyo, etc.). And the other way around (mass mediated “authenticity”: art, tourism, etc.) • Global Imaginary: people’s growing consciousness of belonging to a local community. No disappearance, but unsettlement of communal rules. • To conclude: movement towards greater interdependence and integration at planetary scale but no consensus on the social processes involved

  7. Metaphor of the elephant: scholars and globalization (even skeptics) • Need for a multidimensional approach. We can point out 4 aspects though: • 1) Creation of new and multiplication of existing networks. • 2) Expansion and stretching of social relations and interdependencies. • 3) Intensification and acceleration of social changes and activities. • 4) Global imaginary shaping human consciousness. • Very short definition could be: Globalization refers to the expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world-time and across world-space

  8. https://www.ted.com/talks/ian_goldin_navigating_our_global_futurehttps://www.ted.com/talks/ian_goldin_navigating_our_global_future • https://www.ted.com/talks/chrystia_freeland_the_rise_of_the_new_global_super_rich Try to find out the 4 aspects of a multidimensional reading of globalization. Analyze the videos

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