The Two Faces of Globalization
Table of Contents:
Abstract ………………………………………………………………………………………..... 2
Introduction: The Two Faces of Globalization ...…………………………………………….. 2
Destruction of Local Economies, Corporate Takeover of People’s Land and Resources, Ecological Degradation and Limited Wars ...………………………………………………… 4
Divide and Rule and the Role of the Left ……………………………………………………... 7
Commodification of Art, Culture and Education ...………………………………………… 12
Conclusion: Art as a Form of Resistance and Creative Maladjustment ..………………… 15
Literature ……………………………………………………………………………………… 17
Abstract
The goal of this paper is to emphasize the importance of the role of contemporary literature in understanding the neocolonialist and imperialist aspects of globalization by exploring the depiction of globalization in Arundhati Roy’s novel “The God of Small Things” and Steve Tesich’s play “On the Open Road.” Although both of these works criticize corporate globalization as a profit-driven enterprise controlled by and catering to the interests of economic, political and intellectual elites, they also express hope in the possibility of a different kind of globalization, which would be based on a genuine struggle for equality and justice for everyone.
Introduction: The Two Faces of Globalization
Is globalization a process which enables greater freedoms in the movement of money, knowledge and people across state borders and is thus beneficial for people across the globe, or is it a process which enables Western powers to exploit other parts of the world in a relatively new way and is thus merely the latest stage of Western imperialism? This question lies at the core of the ongoing disputes between proponents and opponents of globalization. Proponents of globalization insist that the former is the case, while the opponents argue it is actually the latter.
In the article titled “Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?” published in 2000 by the International Monetary Fund staff, economic globalization
Abstract ………………………………………………………………………………………..... 2
Introduction: The Two Faces of Globalization ...…………………………………………….. 2
Destruction of Local Economies, Corporate Takeover of People’s Land and Resources, Ecological Degradation and Limited Wars ...………………………………………………… 4
Divide and Rule and the Role of the Left ……………………………………………………... 7
Commodification of Art, Culture and Education ...………………………………………… 12
Conclusion: Art as a Form of Resistance and Creative Maladjustment ..………………… 15
Literature ……………………………………………………………………………………… 17
Abstract
The goal of this paper is to emphasize the importance of the role of contemporary literature in understanding the neocolonialist and imperialist aspects of globalization by exploring the depiction of globalization in Arundhati Roy’s novel “The God of Small Things” and Steve Tesich’s play “On the Open Road.” Although both of these works criticize corporate globalization as a profit-driven enterprise controlled by and catering to the interests of economic, political and intellectual elites, they also express hope in the possibility of a different kind of globalization, which would be based on a genuine struggle for equality and justice for everyone.
Introduction: The Two Faces of Globalization
Is globalization a process which enables greater freedoms in the movement of money, knowledge and people across state borders and is thus beneficial for people across the globe, or is it a process which enables Western powers to exploit other parts of the world in a relatively new way and is thus merely the latest stage of Western imperialism? This question lies at the core of the ongoing disputes between proponents and opponents of globalization. Proponents of globalization insist that the former is the case, while the opponents argue it is actually the latter.
In the article titled “Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?” published in 2000 by the International Monetary Fund staff, economic globalization