SOCIOL 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 59: Economic Globalization, World Trade Organization, Global Justice
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Globalization has certainly complicated nationalism by facilitating rise of other. But, nationalism has not passed by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, we may be at the cusp of a nationalist resurgence. We will have to see how things develop! Nation = collective cultural identity attached to a specific territorial homeland. Nationalism = circumstance where people construct their identity first and foremost in terms of identification with the nation. And facilitated the rise of non-territorial identities. Examples: global gender/sexuality, class, religious identities . Nationalist resurgence, especially in west nationalism in trump campaign and. European countries, too (germany, uk, hungary but also france, netherlands, presidency. Framing of nationhood in ethnically exclusionary ways. Collapse of globalization during world wars and the great depression . World war i and ii 1914-18 and 1939-45. Great depression worldwide devastating depression (~1929-40) But, have just gone through worldwide economic crisis. So far, seems like (economic) globalization has recovered .
