#1
Globalization is both general and specific topic. It has many
different stories and effects on demarcation of the distinctive features of
being called globalization. Many different topics are under the instruction of
globalization. For example, there is a global governance, global citizenship,
and so on.
Globalization is an originally contested conception. Many
papers like articles and books said that there is no perfect definition of
globalization. It covers many fields on the world. It is the reason why globalization
dose not have an accepted meaning. And It is also focused on political,
economical, and cultural definition, so it is difficult to define it as a kind
of concept. For these reasons, many scholars prove globalization in the plural,
as opposed to a single process of globalization.
McDonaldization by Ritzer could explain the dimensions of
globalization, specially in cultural perspective. Cultural differences can be
handled by adapting differences. It means that services and goods which have
special features like a religion are found around the world.
The issue of the form of globalization was raised sharply
by Immanuel Wallerstein. Many scholars have used aspects of his eminent work in
addressing this topic. According to him, the world has not become a single
place under the capitalism. When we were not in capitalism system, the world
could be the single place. Examples are the Soviet Communist Party, or through
the expansion of German Fascism. The ancient origin of globalization is
currently being issued by scholars from a number of disciplines, particularly
sociological history.
Glocaliztion has been being
received attention in study of business and economy fields. It is associated
with both global and local. It covers relationship between the global and local.
It does not mean that the global is opposite of the local. it is kind of another
aspect coming from different perspective in same field.
As
a result, the main points of the attempt to figure out globalization are the
following. First, globalization has two tendencies, increasing global
connectivity and increasing global consciousness that does not mean that
consensus, but just a shared sense of the world as a whole. Second,
globalization has been focused on four points of reference: nation-state; world
politics; individuals; and humankind. Third, the globalization is constituted
by four major facets of human life-namely, the cultural, the social, the
political and economic.
#2
Before I read this paper you gave us, I defined
‘Globalization’ as a kind of communicate, share, and exchange something with
another foreign countries beyond the wall of distance. However, after read this,
I could define it as an aspect of new concept. It means that no one can define globalization,
because it is very huge and various concept. My answer is that its definition
has been changed as time goes on and by social change.
The new word that is ‘Glocalization’ was
new concept ever seen and heard. It is interesting that this new term covers
relationship between local and global. As far as I know, local and global could
not stand on the same stage, because it is defined that they are opposite in my
mental, before I read this. However, I learned that they are not opposite. They
are just different concepts for speaking of globalization in this article.
#3
I have been hearing that ‘The most Korean
thing is the most global thing.’ I want to associate this with ‘Glocalization.’
Both have the same contents global and local. To begin with, I define Korean
thing is ‘local’ and global thing is ‘global’. And I try to find what examples are
on it. In my first hit on my head was K-POP. All K-POP is firstly and
inevitably launched in Korea. Through the globalization processing especially on
the cultural(aspect of entertaining) field, K-POP became the global thing. It shows
very well the process of the globalization on special field.
However,
I want to throw the question ‘Is it good or bad?’ One culture affects another culture.
I saw the article that one Muslim girl hugs with Korean singer who is man in
his Fan-meeting stage. The girl was arrested after that, because Muslim culture
does not allow girls to have touch with man who is not their husband. Even women
in Saudi Arabia can not drive a car, because of the religious reason. For these
aspects, countries have different Human Right level of women. It shows that one
culture sometimes badly affects another culture. Even though we are facing the
globalization era, it is difficult to change countries’ own different culture. The
Culture is most valuable thing in the world, because it shows the nation’s
originality and sometimes proves king’s power. In my personal opinion, it is not important to makes the world global, but crucial for protecting our own culture from something inappropriate and bad, and opposite from nation's ideal.
