GLOBL 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mcworld, Globalization, Global City
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Reading notes: week 6: common theme: how to analyze the world through a new lens after the cold war, all authors have diff viewpoint of looking at the world after the cold war. After the cold war, the two major patterns that have emerged are called mcworld and. Jihad; mcworld describes the straying from traditional social responsibilities by bringing mass culture to many parts of the world that wouldn"t otherwise have it, and jihad represents a radical defense of traditional society. Large-scale political organization has taken place mostly in empires as opposed to nation states because they are able to expand much farther and are favored by modern globalization (creating a global empire, not individual ones). This concept can be seen today in countries such as the. As compared to rural areas, cities are the best representation of the new forces of globalization due to their varied ethnic makeups and technologically and economically advanced systems.
