GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Old World Rom, Falafel, Cultural Globalization
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Cultural globalization food, music, resistance and profit. Definitions of culture dissemination of meaning: we only become fully human thru interactions with others, to be human is to fully partake in communal languages, ideas, values, Zaidi culture makes us fully human. Steger culture refers to the symbolic construction, articulation and: development of global cultures and homogeneity; tnc(cid:495)s and the, (cid:498)cultural practices have escaped fixed localities such as town and dominant global themes. (cid:499) Does the business world have a particular culture: the film 1-800-india demonstrates that culture of the business elite promotes self-sufficiency, self promotion. Delaying marriage and moving away from or modifying family arrange marriages. Review 3 models of cultural change and resistance. Mcdonaldization (i. e. cultural homogeneity around the world: steger: Pessimistic hyper-globalizers suggest that with regard to culture we are moving towards (cid:498)sameness(cid:499) everything is. Optimistic hyper-globalizers argue this is a good thing e. g. spread of democracy homogenized.
