GLOBALZN 1A03 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Globalization, Neoliberalism, Imperialism
20 Nov 2018
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Economic interconnections often come before other types. More advanced than other aspects of globalization. Fosters economic growth = prosperity for all = world peace. Driven by ideology of neoliberalism - global capitalism. Is now more intense than ever - but certainly not new. This has been part of human life for thousands of years . Soft forms of relativism are compatible with gc thinking. Must be some fundamental moral basis for all human societies. Not possible on a global scale - scope is too big. Gc thinking actually leads to alienation and social decay. Ineffective/meaningless basis for shaping life - nationalists. Globalist identiti lacks emotional power of local. Can know an online friend better than the next door neighbour. Gc involves imposing western values on others. Very idea of : universal moral framework is western. Mazzini: gcs want to make the ret of the world like them. In practice can look like paternalism - mission civilisatrice .
