GEC-TCW Study Guide - John Wiley & Sons, George Ritzer, David Harvey

• School: Cebu Technological University
• Department: Social Sciences
• Course: GEC-TCW

Document Summary

Differentiate the competing conceptions of globalization (clo1); Identify the underlying philosophies of the varying definitions of globalization (clo1); Agree on a working definition of globalization for the course (clo1) Preparation: identify some material possessions that you cannot live without, list them according to the degree of importance, cite the importance of these material possessions to your existence, share to the class the top 3 in the list. Although, we maybe different than them in many ways, we also share a lot of commonalities. ) > describes a world in which barriers exist and are created to prevent the free movement of all sorts of things: fluidity. > is characterized by the flow and movement of people, things, places, and objects across geographic boundaries and territories. According to zygmunt bauman (a british-polish sociologist), liquid phenomena: Are spatial and temporal. tend to melt whatever stands in its path: underlying philosophies of globalization, imperialism.