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Impact of globalization
Economic growth Clash of civilizations
Text I Why Civilizations Will Clash
Word pretest
Animosity: hatred Imbued: filled Transcend: go beyond Indigenous: local Blocs: alliances Entity: program Prerequisite: precondition Impetus: motivation
WB
The World Bank provides loans to poor countries for development projects. The bank provides loans for investment projects, such as natural resource management, education and health.
Detailed analysis
Para 3 Reason 1:
Differences among civilizations are not only real, but also basic. Differences among civilizations have generated the most prolonged and the most violent conflicts.
Unit 5 Globalization
Warm-up activities
Can you identify more examples of globalization in your everyday life? Try to list them.
源自文库
What words would flood into your mind at the word “globalization”?
Pre-reading questions
What are the major civilizations in the world? What are the factors that lead to civilization conflicts?
The Clash of Civilizations is a theory, proposed by political scientist Samuel P. Huntington, that people's cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world.
Detailed analysis
Para 1 in a large measure:
to a large extent
cultural fault lines: 文化断层
imaginary devices that separate civilizations and differentiate them as different from each other.
Structure of the text
Para 1: The author raises his viewpoint that the most important conflicts of the future will occur along the cultural fault lines separating the major civilizations in the world; Para 2—7: The author argues for his viewpoint point by point; Para 8—9: The author exemplifies common culture and religion as a facilitator for international economic cooperation and the basis for international economic cooperation organizations.
Important organizations contributing to globalization
WTO The World Trade Organization was established in 1995 to administer the rules of international trade agreed to by its 123 member countries. IMF The International Monetary Fund was established in the wake of the World War II in 1946 to promote international cooperation on finance. UN The United Nations, established at the conclusion of the World War II, has become a promoter of globalization, arguing that individual states have a dual role with responsibilities to both their own citizens and to the world society as a whole.
Detailed analysis
North African immigration to France generates hostility among Frenchmen and at the same time increased receptivity to immigration by “good” Catholic Poles: With this example the author hopes to disclose how the same religion intensifies the consciousness and awareness of differences and commonalities. In history, North Africa used to be conquered by Roman Empire and became the Roman Province of Africa, so a lot of people there remain to be Catholics. However, in France most people are Protestants. That is the reason why French people are hostile towards North African immigration and Catholic Poles are willing to receive North African immigration.
Detailed analysis
…these increasing interactions intensify civilization consciousness and awareness of differences between civilizations and commonalities within civilizations: the increasing interactions among people of different civilizations help people realize more sharply or become more aware of the differences and commonalities among civilizations.
Detailed analysis
Para 4 Reason 2
The increasing interactions among different civilizations intensify the civilization consciousness and awareness of differences and commonalities.
Global citizen, global village, globally qualified talent Global organization, the UN, WTO, IMB Global trade, multinational corporations, Microsoft, IBM, Toyota Cultural aggression, Hollywood movies, Disney, information age, resource sharing Westernization, Americanization, western festivals, the celebration of Valentine’s Day and Christmas worldwide
Huntington divided the world into the "major civilizations as such:
1. The West: Western-Europe, North America , Australia , New Zealand 2. Latin: Latin America 3. Slavic Orthodox: Russia , most of Eastern Europe , Greece , Bulgaria and Romania 4. Islamic: North Africa , the Middle East , Turkey , Pakistan , Indonesia , Bangladesh , Albania 5. Confucian: China , Taiwan , Korea , Vietnam 6. Hindu: India , Nepal , Bhutan , the Maldives 7. Japanese: Japan 8. African: Africa
Detailed analysis
as well as differing views of the relative importance of rights and responsibility, liberty and authority, equality and hierarchy. and different views on which one is relatively important, rights or responsibility? Liberty or authority? Equality or hierarchy? They are far more fundamental than differences among political ideologies and political regimes: The differences among people of different civilizations are stronger force resulting in conflict among civilizations than the differences in political ideologies and regime.
