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Appadurai and Globalization, 2007.
This paper critically analyzes "Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization" by Arjun Appadurai.
1,661 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 54.95
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The paper examines "Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization" where the author, Appadurai, addresses specific aspects related to globalization. The paper explains that the effort within this book is not to find a closure for these issues but simply to open up a field of discussion that can be dealt with at a later date. The paper finds numerous faults with the book, such as the lack of clarity in much of the writing and the jargon utilized, but still concludes that, overall, the book is a worthwhile read for individuals studying globalization.
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"Appadurai's book, Modernity at Large, offers many important tools in order to help people think about globalization. The idea of globalization is something that is becoming increasingly important today in many aspects of business, and therefore is a very hot topic. The book, however, is interested in many of the specific aspects that are related to globalization. For example, one of the largest themes of the book has to do with the impact the globalization has on migration and the way that people move from one place to another much more often today, even across different countries, because the world is becoming much more global. Many of the powers that belonged generally to a particular nation or state are being dispersed because of all of the globalization that is taking place. There are some new insights made in the book but much of it deals with the insights and opinions that individuals in the past have created and published in other magazines and journals. There are contributions that are made in this book that are important, though, and the largest one has to do with the migration of globalization."
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Changing Global Economy, 2002.
A comparison of the academic articles on the impact of the changing global economy by Aihwa Ong and Arjun Appadurai.
905 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper examines and compares of the scholarly articles, ?The Gender and Labor Politics of Postmodernity? by Aihwa Ong and ?Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Community? by Arjun Appadurai, which both offer perspectives on the impact of the changing global economy. The paper illustrates how each author takes a different view on the same theories; one investigating the industrial regions of Mexico and Asia, and the other provides background information to support the anthropological concepts.
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"In ?The Gender and Labor Politics of Postmodernity? Aihwa Ong discusses the situation in the modern industrial work environment, also focusing on the role of women in this environment. Ong argues that there is a gap between what the literature says is happening and what the real experiences of workers are. In the essay, Ong attempts to show what the real situation is by looking at the labor worlds of Asia and Mexico. Ong then argues two main points. Firstly, that ?industrial modes of domination go beyond production relations strictly construed? (Ong 62). Secondly, Ong argues that worker?s struggles against control are based on what Ong calls ?cultural struggle? rather than class struggle."
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Capitalism and Culture, 2002.
A paper which examines world economy from other perspectives besides the Western views.
1,375 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The works of Adam Smith, Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud center around the history of capitalism and its meanings as it has emerged from the West: First from western Europe and subsequently from the United States of America. The paper shows, however, that this is not the only light in which world economy might be seen. There are various economic systems that are viable in various cultures. The paper considers these systems in terms of the above-mentioned authors, together with authors who write from a different perspective, including M. Sahlins and Arjun Appadurai.
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"Sahlins points out that modern economies, although considered economically prosperous, feature, as mentioned above, a large amount of unemployed and destitute people. This is not so in hunter-gatherer communities, where everybody is taken care of by everybody else. Affluence in such societies is also not measured by money, but rather by commodities that can be found in the world around them. Sahlins further contests that the ?civilized? world is obsessed with feeding the masses while exploiting and dominating as much as possible of the earth. This panicky search for the endlessly new and best of the world thus focuses the attention on scarcity. Thus concentrating on alleviating as well as avoiding scarcity, culture actually perpetuates scarcity in terms of those who suffer as a result of the capitalist system. Hunter-gatherers on the other hand are not so much concerned with either dominating or utilizing all resources available to feed huge masses of people. Instead the resources that are available are used by each person in order to satisfy each immediate need."
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