01:098:250 Study Guide - Final Guide: Neoliberalism, Secularism, Transnationalism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Asian Studies
• Course: 01:098:250
• Professor: Paul Schalow

Document Summary

Economics, politics, and culture cannot be accomplished alone- based on human interactions. (culture is) concerned with the symbolic construction, articulation and dissemination of meaning - steger. Culture can be used as a soft power for nations ex. anime, panda"s, kpop. Homosapiens (modern humans) are capable of symbolic thought (not found in many other species) Chapter 5 important themes: the tension between sameness and differences in the emerging cultures, the crucial role of transnational media corporations in disseminating culture, the globalization of languages. Language extinction - sad fact of globalization - the shrinking of our world. Language extinction has a parallel in species extinctions. Globalization creates environmental pressures that affect languages and life begins to form similarly. First sung in spanish- then through beibers english version it grew famous internationally. Mulitlanguage versions began popping up all around the world. Optimistic globalizers: spread of anglo-american views/sameness = expansion of markets.