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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?