Human conscience must play a distinctive role in how we determine the ethical consequences of out actions in the future, and this, of course will affect the future
of cultural globalization.
A diversity of cultures and an open - ended view of the possibilities of cultural exchange provide an antidote to the forces
of cultural globalization.17 In India, the ideology of Hindutva seeks to define «Indianness» and to dominate the whole nation.
Probably the greatest success story of the process
of cultural globalization is its marketing of consumerism.
The main issues in connection with globalization are: the persisting communication gap in the «global village» and the process
of cultural globalization.
The concern about the cultural and economic impact
of cultural globalization is not restricted to Third World countries.
The process
of cultural globalization has given rise to a concern about the nationality of media - ownership.
Not exact matches
The phenomenon
of globalization is frequently invoked: «Accelerating
globalization makes it essential for young people to be exposed to different
cultural traditions.»
We can build this world by seeking and discovering viable alternatives to neoliberalism and unilateral
globalization, alternatives based on the interests
of peoples and respect for national,
cultural and religious differences.
And some aspects
of globalization, such as the explosion
of communications technology, can expand and strengthen religio -
cultural diversity in a world that is, at the same time, both linked and divided by a near - infinite number
of electronic bands, channels, websites, and whatever comes next.
When there is economic pressure on a people due to the policies imposed by the
globalization process, there could be an accentuation
of the differences among them based on
cultural or religious factors.
The process
of globalization tends to bring about a homogeneity
of cultural behaviours throughout the world, at least in certain aspects
of life such as in food, dress, leisure, music, and sports.
When they surveyed current
cultural trends in 1990, they came to a very positive view
of globalization.
«Because
globalization as a culturally homogenizing and environment - devouring force is coming on so fast, there is a real danger that in just a few decades it could wipe out the ecological and
cultural diversity that took millions
of years
of human and biological evolution to produce.»
- God, the Absolute - humanity, the human condition in its universal characteristics, - male and female, though different, equal in rights and dignity, - the cosmos, especially the planet earth available, with its limited resources, for all humanity - the planet's ecology as common essential source
of life and hence
of concern for all humans, present and future, - the human conscience guiding each one interiorly would be known only to each one personally, - the each group
of humans has a history and a religio -
cultural background
of its own is a universal factor that makes for particularity and different contexts for theology, - the realization that the present increasing
globalization of relationships, economy and culture impinge on theology and spirituality universally, though differently.
The processes
of globalization is technological, economic, political, socio -
cultural and religious — all linked together.
They welcome the new technology but often regard the associated
cultural challenges not as aspects
of globalization but as westernization — and this they wish to reject.
But by the same token, the nationalization — and
globalization —
of markets means that changes in economic conditions nowadays affect all religious and
cultural groups simultaneously.
Beginning with the changes in Eastern Europe, the world is in the process
of a «re-constellation» which is characterized by the breakdown
of the cold war ideological polar structure, the realignment
of the military powers, the reordering
of the economic powers, and the rapid
globalization of communication and
cultural life.
With the
globalization of informational and
cultural production, not only US transnational companies, but equally Dutch, German, or Japanese firms use information and culture to sell consumerism across the globe.
In my view there are certainly processes
of globalization for example in the
cultural area, but there is not yet a global culture.
[39] Susantha Goonatilake, «The self wandering between
cultural localization and
globalization,» in Jan Nederveen Pieterse and Bhikhu Parekh, eds., The Decolonization
of Imagination: Culture, Knowledge and Power (London: Zed Books Ltd., 1995), p. 236.
[23] See the chapter entitled «Number in the Colonial Imagination,» in Arjun Appadurai, Modernity at Large:
Cultural Dimensions
of Globalization (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997), pp. 114 - 135.
But if we move out
of the global economy into the
cultural influence,
globalization theory suffers from the Narcissism McLuhan disdained.
Richard Barnet
of the Institute
of Policy Studies describes
globalization in terms
of four increasing webs
of global commercial activity: global
cultural bazaar, the global shopping mall; the global financial network; the global workplace2.
K.C. Abraham points out that «
Globalization has become a vehicle
of cultural invasion», leading to «a mono - culture that suppresses economic, ecological and
cultural diversity, and has a tendency to accept efficiency and productivity without concern for justice and compassion towards people».6
I do not mean to «rub this in» too much, I have, however, been theologically amused and intrigued by those in the ecumenical movement who have so negatively and critically spoken
of «
globalization», when all
of the time they exude and embody all
of the elements - intellectual,
cultural, ideological, economic and religious -
of a «global mentality» and a «global outreach».
«18 In the present context
of globalization it is not only necessary to reject «the Western pretence
of universalism,» writes Rajni Kothari, «but also for non-Western cultures to seek answers to their problems from within and, in the process, not only provide pluralism in techno -
cultural system but, through such pluralism, help Westerners themselves to deal with the new crop
of problems they now encounter.
In India, for example, Hindutva, is not just a political ideology against what is called «pseudo-secularism», but also a
cultural movement against what are regarded as alien values
of globalization.
All these proved the fact that
globalization is not a simple but a very complex set
of process that operates at multiple levels — political, economic and
cultural.
It is in fact an extension into the field
of higher education
of the government policy
of globalization, that is,
of letting the global market decide the pattern
of economic development
of the nation without intervention from the government in the name
of social justice, protection
of the natural environment or national self - reliance; it is a decision to make economic growth the ultimate criterion not only
of economic development but also
of social and
cultural development
of the peoples
of the country.
Of equal importance have been cultural changes that now tilt in favor of globalizatio
Of equal importance have been
cultural changes that now tilt in favor
of globalizatio
of globalization.
It is crucial in our context
of unprecedented
globalization to put this powerful tool to use in the interest
of tolerance and
cultural understanding in ways that foster harmonious co-existence, and
cultural synergies.
As the rate
of globalization accelerates, the de-emphasis
of nationalist agendas and parochialism alongside the emphasis
of mutual understanding and appreciation
of cultural diversity will be crucial.
His research interests include
cultural globalization, the social effects
of new media, new religious movements, indigenization, diaspora Asians in the West, and the image industry in Asia.
Neocolonialism is the practice
of using capitalism,
globalization and
cultural imperialism to influence a developing country in lieu
of direct military control (imperialism) or indirect political control (hegemony).
Tendencies that have come to define modern Western societies include the existence
of political pluralism, prominent subcultures or countercultures (such as New Age movements), and increasing
cultural syncretism — resulting from
globalization and human migration.
However, with the present
globalization and mixture
of cultural and religious diversities in many countries dating has become something different.
In the film's stronger moments, the artist in her definitely seems to be saying that the impulse to retreat into
cultural fundamentalism carries dire risks, that much
of what is old and traditional needs changing and there are some things about the detested process
of globalization that are wonderfully liberating.
These changes are part
of our ever - increasing
globalization — a process that is shrinking our planet and bringing us all into more intense contact with one another, often across lines
of social,
cultural, and racial differences.
As a result
of his teaching and research activities at Harvard over the last four years, he created and directed the
Globalization, Languages and Cultures program, a HGSE - CERI cooperation, which culminated late April 2012 with the publication
of the book Languages in a Global World - Learning for Better
Cultural Understanding (Paris: OECD).
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The nation's growing demographic diversity and the increasing impact
of globalization underscores the need to prepare future companion animal veterinarians, food animal veterinarians, public health veterinarians and veterinary researchers, educators, and scientists with the knowledge, skill and
cultural sensitivity to productively engage this complex emerging environment.
Nalini Malani is one
of the most prominent artists
of India's postpartition generation who is engaged with the reexamination
of tradition,
cultural nationalism, and
globalization.
Its frame
of analysis is absorbed with historical transitions: from the end
of the postcolonial utopias
of the sixties during the 1980s to the geopolitical, economic, technological, and
cultural shifts incited by
globalization.
Her current project entitled «Transmigration
of the SOLD» explores the effects
of globalization on
cultural products and questions consumer awareness.
Her work subverted accepted notions
of gender, sexuality, social class, and ethnicity, and was prophetic in anticipating the broader
cultural concerns — postcolonialism, feminism, civil rights, multiculturalism, and
globalization — that reached a crescendo in the 1960s and continue to be relevant today.
The exhibition curated by Nirmal Raja focuses on South Asian American women navigating their
cultural landscapes in the light
of migration and
globalization.
The piece strives to sublimate the creative act into one
of the most commonplace processes by which the
globalization of art occurs: the transportation
of artwork, artists, discourse and
cultural experience...
She has published essays concerning questions
of (
cultural)
globalization, urbanism, racism and nationalism.
Friday, December 6, 9 pm at the New World Center Farewell to the Past: Yinka Shonibare MBE Yinka Shonibare MBE - known for work exploring
cultural identity, colonialism and post - colonialism within the contemporary context
of globalization - uses music and dance to captivate and engage the viewer by mirroring our world in a regal, beautiful and unexpected way.