PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: World Values Survey, September 11 Attacks, Antireligion
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Lecture 8 supplementary reading the ethics of globalism, nationalism, and patriotism: the year 2016 may long be remembered as a global turning point, perhaps on a par with. 2008 (the global financial crisis), 2001 (the 9/11 attacks), and 1989 (the fall of the berlin wall). This is the year that the battle between globalists and nationalists became the central axis of conflict within and across many nations, especially in europe and the. John lennon"s song imagine is a good candidate for being the anthem of the globalists. It is progressive in that it looks forward to a utopian future. In his master work suicide he described the process by which individuals come to accept the constraint of external authority. Such constraint is essential for the creation of any society or institution. Durkheim showed that people who are more tightly bound by ties of family, religion, and local community have lower rates of suicide.
