Experiencing Globalization
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Globalization's Impact on the Concept and Experience of Community
Essay in the subject Politics - Topic: Globalization, Political Economics, , language: English, abstract: Globalization in basic terms is a process that permits the human society to interact and integrate with people, organizations, and governments of diverse states across the globe. Globalization is a process, the driving force is the international trade and investment, and it is backed by the advent of technological advancements, the internet of things (IoT), and information technology in matters of data and information circulation around the world. Globalization has made transformations on nearly all aspects of the modern life people lead in the community and the scope ranges from the jobs and how they are done, culture, relationships, the language, among others. In essence, the advent of the computer, rapid air transport, and the recent development in social media, and smartphone technology coupled with portable PCs including laptops have made the world much more accessible through the internet enabled devices and methods of communication and data sharing.
Experiencing Globalization
Today, in an age of globalization, religion represents a potent force in the lives of billions of people worldwide. Yet when social theorists examine the impact of globalization on contemporary religious movements, they tend to focus on issues such as Islamic fundamentalism and threats to US or global security. This collection of essays takes a different approach, analyzing – with special reference to Asia – religion through lived experience. The key issues covered in the volume include: how religious impulses contribute to globalization; how religious groups and organizations repackage traditional beliefs for transcultural appeal; how religious adherents cope with external threats to identity; how new technologies are reshaping the nature of religious beliefs and images; and how local and global religious influences blend and/or clash. Far from religion being a subject of peripheral concern to globalization, the contributors demonstrate that from the most basic level of our interactions with the natural environment to the socio-political behavior of the “great religions” – and even to the profusion of folk and pop culture phenomena – the influence of religion upon globalization, and vice versa, is apparent at all levels.
The Globalization Reader
The third edition of The Globalization Reader makes sense of globalization by conveying its complexity, importance, and contentiousness from diverse vantage points.With its broad coverage of political, economic, cultural, and individual dimensions, this volume provides students with a deeper understanding of the globalization process. It offers a provocative assessment of economic globalization, examines the role of media and religion in cultural globalization, and explores the link between environmentalism and the globalization of social problems. The inclusion of new material on issues such as economic integration, inequality, and Islam, helps to make it a comprehensive introduction to globalization studies.Scholars, activists, and organizations look with a critical eye at the many layers and dimensions of globalization. By reviewing the current debates and ongoing research on the topic, readers can better understand and judge the varied consequences of what is likely to be a dominant concern throughout the twenty-first century.
