Culture, Ideologies and Globalization

The interdependence and interconnectedness of the reinvigorated homo is upon us. This tender era of world-wideization has lead us to sassy frontiers and opportunities; scarcely unbek at presentnst to many, this interconnectedness has a dark side. The world is at once a mouse chit-chat away, with a orbicular throw of ideas and up to the minute give-and-take from anywhere on the planet. yet beneficial, all of these sweeping changes in the technology have too opened the door for extremists, fundamentalists, and superpatriotic intent on undefinable acts of violence. Gus Martins essay, globoseisation and world(prenominal) Terror describes how Globalization has created a cultural backlash as a new world-wide identity is rejected, the new profile and operating model for the new global terrorist, and how we may wish to evolve and change our certificate policies and procedures to combat this new global threat.\nMartin begins by discussing how globalization has brought rou ghly more than economic changes hardly has overly changed the cultural identities of either country in the world and that these identities have expanded beyond local and nationalism; now inclusive of a global identity that many reject. These new challenges to identity have created international fault-lines as predicted by Samuel Huntington in his article The Clash of Civilization. In addition Benjamin groom in his essay, Jihad vs McWorld, also predicts that retribalization of humankind by fight and bloodshed go forth be brought about by Globalization as these small countries and tribes will driven by insular hatreds and battle against the homogenization of their cultures. It is this jolt of culture and the rejection of this new global identity that has caused the growth in terrorism by fundamentalists and nationalists in the globalized world. The new ideologies of globalization, such as gender equality and independence of speech, represent a threat to these religious fundam entalists. at bottom Robertson and Whites ess...