What Is Globalization?

 

What Is Globalization?

Roland Robertson and Kathleen E. White

1)Summary

This article tells us about various ideas about globalization. A single definition of globalization is known to increasing connectivity (or interconnectedness) whether long process or short process. The author argues that globalization consists of an increase in connectivity and an increase in consciousness. In addition, there are four dimensions of globalization, which are cultural dimension, social dimension, political dimension, and economic dimensions. The cultural dimension has become more prominent due to the economic dimension. For example, McDonald’s is currently spread all over the world. But there are some menus that differ from original McDonalds’. This phenomenon occurs because each country has a different culture. The author argues that it is not right behavior to think about which of these four dimensions is more important. These are more noticeable or less noticeable compared to other things. It depends on the situation. In other words, the author said that it we do not to choose the best of these. And the idea that we ignore environment is not good. So, the human’s consciousness of the environment is prat of the modern human culture. Finally, we have to remember that the importance of not reifying globalization. It means that we have to recognize the conceptual status of globalization.

2)Interesting point & 3) discussion point

What I was interested in was how to think about the dimension of globalization. In the past, I looked at globalization only based on the cultural dimension. So, I could not think that it could be combined with anything else. And it was newly discovered that this could make another dimension stand out. After reading this, I could think of examples that combine economic dimension and cultural dimension. McDonald's in Korea, for example, has McDonald's ‘Bulgogi Burger’, which combines bulgogi which is a traditional Korean food and hamburgers.

As we can communicate on the Internet now, communication has become faster. As a result, it is expected that future globalization will proceed faster and share cultural, political, economic, and social dimension of each other will accelerate. Of course, there are many advantages that emerge as the speed of globalization increases. However, I think this could undermine the culture of each individual or country, so how can this phenomenon affect globalization? Should the speed of globalization proceed faster or slow down for cultural preservation even if this happens?

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