What is globalization?

1. Summary:

 This text says “What Is Globalization?” has general and specific sides. In Velho’s opinion, he said that globalization may be understood as the direction in which the world considered as a whole is moving.

 First, Globalization was studied as sociology and anthropology in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Conception of Globalization didn’t come up in the world until the late 1980s or early 1990s, But, in 1989, This conception spread widely across world because of the fall of the Berlin Wall. There are the flow of world that called the antiglobalization during the late 1990s.

 Instrumental use of the Internet that means the technological advance has promoted globalization. In development of a global consciousness, Globalization is inevitable phenomenon. However, It has not only positive aspects but also negative aspects. Globalization cause inequalities produced between some countries particularly in the economic aspect. Globalization didn’t effect on only economic part. There are there are three major dimensions that is the economic, the political and the cultural part. None are more important than the others. After all, human perception of the environment is very important thing.

 In conclusion, globalization has two major directional tendencies that is increasing global connectivity and global consciousness. In this situation, the discussion of globalization is Important to appropriate critical analysis to take place

2. What was interesting/what did you learn:

From early on, I have lived in global society, so I have taken for granted benefit of globalization that is taking some global food, wearing global brand clothes, listening to the foreign music and so on. So Globalization have not exerted bad influence to me. Globalization is also familiar word for me because I heard so much in elementary, middle, and high school. At that time I learned that Globalization is just positive thing. But, taking this class and reading this text, I learn that globalization can be bad influence on some countries that is poor. This is interest thing to me.

 I also learned from this class and text that globalization is not straightforward thing, but this includes politic, cultural, social and economic concept. So I want to get more information about "What is globalization?" because the world is continuously changing to global society.

3. Discussion Point:

 There are already many subject of discussion in this class. Participating in discussion, I think that cultural toadyism is interesting subjects. As globalization progressed, more and more foreign culture spread to other countries. In underdeveloped country, I think that many people from that country accept foreign culture thoughtless because foreign country is more technically advanced countries than their countries. In this situation, their native culture will disappear. I think that they should accept other cultures on the base of a strong identity of their own heritage. So I think that Students in our class discuss with each other about the Issue that some countries experience cultural toadyism and overcome cultural toadyism is very interesting.