What is globalization?——FAN XINRU

 Summary of article content

The article "What is Globalization" written by Roland Robertson and Kathleen E.White. Discusses the definition of globalization.

The article discusses the characteristics of globalization and suggests that discussions on globalization have shifted from a single economic level to a more diverse and multifaceted one. The issue of globalization has been influenced by the theory of singularity, which has led to the integration of globalization issues with various academic perspectives, research directions in different fields, and worldviews.

The article affirms the concept of globalization dimension that has been around for a long time, which includes three main aspects: economy, politics, and culture. Multi dimensional thinking has obvious complexity and therefore receives more attention from people. However, due to the significant fatigue generated by sociologists regarding globalization issues, it has led to a clear neglect of social dimensions. But this does not affect the fact that social interaction and communication methods will inevitably become key points in the global process of globalization.

The article discusses the forms of globalization. The author believes that globalization should be viewed as a purely macro process, rather than a process that excludes individuals or daily life from the realm of global change. In the article, it acknowledges the isolation of individuality from individuals and argues that societies that encompass the global community are increasingly reliant on individual input. In the international system, articles draw conclusions that more and more themes and issues are being discovered.

In the discussion about globalization, the author points out that the concept of globalization has received considerable attention in the field of business research, and it has rapidly become a relatively central concept in globalization discussions in recent years. In the conclusion, true sociological or anthropological issues have become practical ways of studying the relationships between the global and local levels.

The article points out that in the discussion of globalization, it is widely believed to involve the reshaping of sociological and anthropological ideas. It is precisely because of diffusion theory that globalization has a predictive effect on some very important aspects.

This article also mentions globalization and global history.

The final article provides a summary and elaborates on the three core principles of globalization, while also suggesting that globalization should not be concretized. In order to conduct effective and rational critical analysis, it is necessary to adopt a more complex framework to address globalization issues.

What I feel interested in

In the discussion of globalization forms in the article, it was mentioned that individuals cannot be excluded from the scope of global change. And this means that in the process of globalization, people's personalities will be reduced. The article emphasizesIt that

It should be hastily emphasized that this societal reliance upon the individual is a phenomenon that can all too easily be transformed into a manipulation of the individual and her/his identity.

People's use of anonymity in internet communication can restore a certain degree of self identity manipulation. The article indicates that self-identity is the key to the complex relationship between homogeneity and heterogeneity, similarity and difference.

Problem discussion

In the "Globalization" section of the article, mentioning "a globalized world" is a misleading statement, but firmly believes that there will not be a completely globalized world. But if there is no definite definition of globalization, then the degree of globalization will also not be defined, so complete globalization is not necessarily unattainable, but may be due to the lack of so-called absoluteness in cognitive and evaluative standards.