W1 - What is the globalization?
by San Ha Lee
(This posting was supposed to be posted last week, But at that time
I was not invited, so I just emailed to you with this posting)
1) Many scholars and sociologists tried to define
'Globalization' but they couldn't do that. Because there were so many, opinions
against their argument also many people in developing countries are not willing
to accept definitions of globalization deriving from more privileged
societal contexts. Because of these reasons, most of scholars speak of
globalization in the plural ways. They don't considered globalization as a
single process. But Velho has explained
that globalization is like an object, a perspective and a
horizon.
According to his paradigm, globalization may be understood
as the direction in which the world considered as a whole is moving.
Globalization consists mainly of two major
directional tendencies, increasing global connectivity and increasing global
consciousness.
As has been already said, Globalization is related to
many parts of society. the major dimensions of globalization are divided
into four parts, those are the cultural, the social, the political and the
economic which are related human life. And according to Wallerstein and
the scholars, globalization has a particular form.
They think of globalization as a form which has intents and
purposes.
Glocalization is about global and local. These days,
it is not at all unusual to find the local being regarded as the opposite of
the global.
Defining globalization is not the way to one
direction but
considering plural aspects of society.
2) First of all, I thought globalization is like vague
concept.
But I found globalization is not a simple thing. And also
there are many issues about globalization like anti-globalization,
glocalization, the form of globalization..etc. Actually I can't say that I
understand all of them, but at least I found that globalization is a four-
dimensional theory.
3) I just couldn't fully understand the parameters of the
general process of globalization and Glocalization. Still confused.
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