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Globalization and
The Clash of Civilizations
The process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of political ideas through communication, transporta-tion, and trade.
-Wikipedia-
Definition of Globalization
Examples of Globalization
Blending of Cultures
Foreign Companies
Positive Effects of Globalization
Competi-tion
•Compa-nies compete in a global scale
•Prices fall and qual-ities rise
Out-sourcing
•Compa-nies look to-ward other countries when manufac-tur-ing goods
•Ben-efits both compa-nies and de-veloping countries
Me-dia
•The me-dia deals with global is-sues
•Han-dles is-sues such as hu-man rights, law, poli-cies etc. on a global scale
Negative Effects of Globaliza-tion
Jobs
•Competition for jobs rises
Profits
•Most of the profits go to the rich
Culture
•Negative aspects of foreign culture are spread to other countries
diseases
•Diseases reach foreign countries
When did globalization begin?
Theory 1
Was its largest at around 1279 Reached 9,700 km in length and was
34,000,000 square km in size. Had a population of 100 million peo-
ple Under the Mongols, new technologies
and ideologies were shared in Eurasia through the Silk Road
The Mongol Empire
Theory 2
Discovery of the New World
Christopher Columbus started his voyage and discovered America in 1492
With this discovery, Columbus created a trade route between continents and started a long history of west-ern colonization.
In 2002, Kevin O’Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson created a theory that the start of globalization would match the period that the prices of goods in different countries became similar due to being affected by global supply and demand
Their theory stated that globalization started around the 1820’s
Theory 3: Convergence of Prices
Discussion Time
Civilizations
While civilization refers to the society in its whole or the technological ad-vancements that the society has achieved, culture refers to the ways of life or psychological aspects that separate the people of that society from others
Civilization VS. Cul-ture
The Clash of Civilizations
The Theory
The Theory
1. Western VS. Islamic2. Western VS. Sinic3. Orthodox VS. Sinic and Islam
Examples of Clashes
The contrasting opinions between Is-lamic states and the West on Lybia Is-sues
U.S. bombing of Baghdad and the Iraq War
Problems between Palestine and Israel 9/11 terrorist attacks
Western VS. Islamic
Vienna Human Rights Conference be-tween the West and Confucian states rejecting "Western universalism
China’s nuclear experiments despite US protests
China selling missiles to Pakistan
Western VS. Sinic
Russia talking about the ‘Threat from the South’
The continued fighting in central Asia between Russian troops and Mu-jahidin guerrillas
Orthodox VS. Sinic and Islam
As globalization progressed, a need for a paradigm to define the post-cold war era emerged
One of those paradigms is the Clash of Civilizations theory.
Relationship
The Emergence of a Universal Civi-lization
The Co-Existence of Civilizations by Harold Müller
Other Paradigms in the 21st Century
The idea that the Western Civilization will become mainstream and will have the other civilizations under it
Less people believe it today than in the past
The Emergence of a Uni-versal Civilization
The Co-Existence of Civiliza-tions
In the future, civi-lizations will coop-erate to get the world moving
This theory was created while criti-cizing the Clash of Civilizations
Views the world in Black and White thinking
Ex) West vs. Non-west, Islamic vs. Non-Islamic
The Flaws of Hunting-ton
21 of the 31 clashes between civiliza-tions is between Islam and Non-Islam countries
All clashes need an opponent; among the 62 civilizations that clashed, 21 are Islamic
The Flaws of Huntington
Quiz~~!!!
Q1: What is the difference between civilization and culture?
Q2: Explain the Clash of Civilizations and give your own example.
Q3: What is the reason the Clash of Civilizations is so famous?