English 2017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Neoliberalism, Thomas Friedman, Nationstates

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2017
• Professor: Riley McDonald

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Globalization: a new era: glo(cid:271)alizatio(cid:374): a re(cid:272)e(cid:374)t (cid:894)argua(cid:271)l(cid:455)(cid:895), (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) shift i(cid:374) the relatio(cid:374)ship (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the (cid:449)orld(cid:859)s (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) cultures fuelled by complex economic, political, and technological factors. Its central effect is that temporal and geographic distances are no longer as divisive as they once were. Starbucks and mcdonalds, the connotation on the cup have the same meaning through the world. Globalization and capitalism: recall how we talked about capitalism as the profound and unavoidable transformation of a perso(cid:374)(cid:859)s relatio(cid:374)ship to spa(cid:272)e, ti(cid:373)e, (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455), a(cid:374)d self. Glo(cid:271)alizatio(cid:374)(cid:859)s histories: how christopher columbus caused inflation. Inflation related to the 15th century: (cid:862)the (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:373)porar(cid:455) (cid:449)orld e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455) is trul(cid:455) glo(cid:271)al i(cid:374) s(cid:272)ope. But i(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) respe(cid:272)ts, it has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:858)glo(cid:271)al(cid:859) for hu(cid:374)dreds of (cid:455)ears, e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t used the ter(cid:373) (cid:858)glo(cid:271)alization. The (cid:858)dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)er(cid:455)(cid:859) of the a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)as (cid:271)(cid:455) europea(cid:374)s i(cid:374)itiated a pro(cid:272)ess of e(cid:448)er-accelerating, truly glo(cid:271)al trade i(cid:374) a(cid:374)d produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of goods(cid:863) o(cid:859)brie(cid:374) & ze(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:1006)(cid:1013)6.