CMN2168 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: World-Systems Theory, Cultural Relativism, Globalism
23 Feb 2018
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Universalism: human rights are universal and applicable to everyone, everyone is equal. Cultural relativism: human rights are culturally dependent, morals can"t apply to every culture. Globalization: increase of globalism, process which generates connections between global regions, continents, and civilians: process that encompasses the cause, course, and consequence of integrating activity. Network effect: goods and services become more valuable when more people use it (ie. internet, not initially useful to anyone outside of a few) Knowledge economy: knowledge is the heart of value, commodity, info as a product. Nwico: new world information and communication order: plan to fix inequality in the flow of information, embraces all means of exchanging information. Mcbride report: many voices, one world was about philosophy of the nwico. Military colonialism: bc - 1000 ad, military conquests, expansion of roman empire to. Christian colonialism: 1000 - 1600, control new territory and make it christian power.
