While reading through chapter one, I felt like I was reading things I already was aware of, and the book was giving an overview of what globalization actually is. While reading though, a line stuck out to me on page 19. "Is globalization really a new Western curse?" The author then says that it is neither new nor Western, seeing as this type of thing had been going on for quite a long time before the term had been coined in the 20th century. The quote / question really stuck out to me, because globalization + Western = "Westernization", a term coined beforehand. Westernization to me feels like a subset of globalization, and is generally associated with a slightly more negative connotation, as it is seen as a culturally diminishing notion. However, historically, Westernization had only really come about at roughly the time of the Industrial Revolution. A much older for / subset of globalization, coined "Southernization" was prominent in far further back history, where the Southern portions of Asia were spreading their ideas around the then whole world, which is where we get out modern numerical system, and more.
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