Deck 24: E: Capitalism and Culture the Acceleration of Globalization Since 1945

Question 1

How has the world since 1945 been bound together more tightly but also more contentiously?

Answer 1

•A discussion of the world economy should highlight the international flow of capital,goods,and people to demonstrate greater global integration.
•A discussion of the globalization of liberation should focus on the common goals and agenda of international feminism.
•A discussion of religions should identify the responses of major religions to the secular challenges of global modernity,with attention to the resurgence of religious fundamentalism around the world.
•A discussion of the environment should emphasize the global impact of human actions.
•A discussion of each of the issues above should identify the major divisions and conflicts,especially between the Global North and the Global South.

Question 2

Personal Reflection: Do you feel that the greatest divide in the world at the opening of the twenty-first century lay between the Global North and the Global South? If not,what other divide(s)do you see as more important?

Answer 2

•Identification of the Global North and the Global South
•Examination of what separated the Global North and the Global South,especially in light of the chapter's discussion of the rifts in world economics,feminism,and environmentalism
•Identification of other possible divides and comparisons to the divide between the Global North and the Global South

Question 3

Historical Comparison: Compare the feminist and environmentalist movements in the twentieth century.

Answer 3

•Both movements were international in scope.
•Both were mass movements with larger followings in more regions of the world than their nineteenth-century counterparts.
•Both were diverse movements with multiple agendas.
•Both developed significant internal rifts between the agendas of movements in industrialized societies and the agendas of movements in third-world societies.
•Both have succeeded in securing sustained public attention and some successes for their causes.