Year
2009
Paper Type
Master's Thesis
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Practical Philosophy and Applied Ethics (MA)
First Advisor
Dr. Andrew Buchwalter
Second Advisor
Dr. Mitch Haney
Third Advisor
Dr. Hans-Herbert Kogler
Abstract
A Theory of Cultural Glocality shows how globalization can be salvaged from the negativity that often surrounds it. Globalization has been the target of criticism that claims globalization is pushed on cultures and in the process is destroying local cultures. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the limitations of globalization critics and show that it is not a negative force, that there is a healthy form of globalization. Therefore, globalization does not have to be considered disastrous for local cultures. Glocalizing provides cultures with a way to balance the local and the global in a healthy way where one does not overrun the other. Glocalizing leads to a horizontal globalization system that is based on interculturalism because it includes both the local and the global. Through glocalizing and interculturalism, horizontal globalization results in a truly global culture that is formed by the integration and merging of the local and the global.
Suggested Citation
Fernandez, Sarah Elizabeth, "A Theory of Cultural Glocality" (2009). UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 249.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/249