W4 Reading: What is Globalization? / Joon Hee Lee

 Summary

What is globalization? 

The answer to this question won't come to mind easily. This may be because the framework of globalization includes a wide range of topics, as has many concepts. In addition, there is a difference in the social context (environment, culture, etc.) of each country, so how to define this concept is bound to differ from community to community. For this reason, many scholars try to talk about globalization in a plural form. Globalization was discussed not only in religion but also in sociology and anthropology between the late 1970s and early 1980s, and it has not been long since the term was widely used around the world (1989).


One of the characteristics of many arguments defining globalization is to increase 'global interconnection and consciousness'. It is also divided into four areas(national, global politics, individuals, and humanity), and again into four aspects in our lives(culture, society, politics, economy). As it affects so many different standards and fields, we need to make efforts to understand globalization in a more multi-dimensional way, not just in a fragmentary way.


However, in the late 1990s, there was a movement commonly called the anti-globalization movement.Those who arose to fight against capitalist globalization grew on a fairly large scale, which led to the argument that the concept of globalization in the early 2000s was a distinction between the upper ('enemy') and the lower ('good people'). This is a negative aspect of globalization that many people think is a resistance to what we call a neo-liberalistic policy.(focusing only on economic aspects) This reminds us of the perception that globalization should be approached in a multi-dimensional manner.



Interesting Point


In sociology, vague concepts such as globalization always seem to have many difficulties because they require a wide variety of analyses when trying to dig deep. The interesting thing about reading this book was that it made me think about the micro aspects of globalization. In fact, I've seen a lot of theories, but when I look at concepts that seem to focus on macro-views, I think they naturally have an attitude that excludes micro-sides. (Of course the opposite is true.) In this respect, it is hard to imagine how difficult it is to do the multidimensional analysis required by many scholars.


Discussion

The most memorable thing while reading was the word "globalized world." In fact, it is said to be very misleading, and no one can predict a fully globalized world. So how should we understand and accept globalization in the future?


Comments

  1. Piotr KoniecznyOctober 6, 2020 at 8:04 PM

    Interesting history-focused analysis, well done! And yes the term globalization is hard to define, that's an important learning point!

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