In this seminar by F. Recchia, we talked about globalisation, colonalization, culture and imperialism. Globalization could be seen as the change of spatial and temporal contours of social existence, or internationalization of national economy. the impact of globalisation is interconnectivity due to the flow of capital. Spaces are being shrinked.
Imperialism on the other hand is the practice of expanding the authority and power of a country by acquiring territory or dominating the economic and political systems of other countries; empire's system of government. In the past, we talk of colonization, but in the present it is imperialism. Third world countries have gained their independence but they are still dependent. Some could say there is no more colonization, but personally, i think imperialism is a modified version of colonization. western countries have economic power and the third world countries depends on them a lot.
However, there was a debate on what gives global power?, is it the control of media or the control of economy?
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