SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cultural Imperialism, Mcdonaldization, Anti-Capitalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2106
• Professor: Alinede Coutinho

Document Summary

The differentialism of culture there will be a discontent, violence. West versus islamic and confucian civ: civi are separate from each other. And in condlict: much attention is placed on islam. An idea that the intensification of cultural flows will lead to some sort of global culture, more things flow around, the more we consume something. Global convergence, cultural uniformity: increasing sameness. World fashion, world cuisine, world tourism, uniform: global assimilation. The standpoint of explanation is located through western lenses, much of it abides to the notion of cultural imperialism. The global culture model focuses on mass media-based culture and how it poses a threat to national cultures and identities. Theory, culture and society: prioritize the cultural over the political and economic. Rq: how national identities can survive an emerging global culture". It states, isomorphism, mcdonaldization, disneyization (widespread of institutionalized form of spread of industries across the world, how we operate and organize businesses)