The first of the two essays was presented at the conference 'Ethnicity in an Age of Globalisation', held at Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, Uganda, from 3-6 September 2001. / Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002. / Babel or Piraeus? : globalisation, culture and tradition -- Between freedom and culture : Alain Finkielkraut's critique of multiculturalism. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The conception of globalisation as a "programme" or "project" driven by a group of people or
companies with a set agenda underlies much of the antagonistic discussion of globalisation.
Protagonists of globalisation, in turn, often describe the process as inevitable progress. This paper
analyses the process of globalisation and argues that it should not be understood as such a singular
process. Rather, the concept "complex connectivity" - where the local and the global come' into
closer contact and influence, or interpenetrate, one another more directly - facilitates a more nuanced
analysis of globalisation -.This understanding of globalisation will be tested against the phenomenon
of culture by posing two questions: Does globalisation lead to the destruction of local culture( s) by an
encroaching singular global culture (i.e. is globalisation cultural imperialism)? Or alternatively: Does
globalisation represent an opening .up and exchange between previously isolated cultures and
societies? This paper argues in favour of the second position by employing John Tomlinson's
existential definition of culture and his understanding of the dialectic that exists between the local and
the global in complex connectivity. Instead of global culture, we can more properly speak of
. "globalized" culture, which looks different in every local situation. This is a more optimistic answer
to the cultural' effects of globalisation, and although some concerns remain, it seems clear that to
understand globalisation as complex connectivity rules out many of the charges of cultural
imperialism lodged against globalisation. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Baie van die hedendaagse antagonistiese diskussie oor globalisasie gaan uit van die veronderstelling
dat globalisasie 'n 'program' of 'n 'projek' is wat deur 'n groep individue of maatskappye gedryf
word. Voorstanders van globalisasie, daarenteen, beskou die proses dikwels as 'onafwendbare
vooruitgang.' Hierdie opstel analiseer die proses van globalisasie en argumenteer dat globalisasie nie
as so 'n eenduidige process verstaan moet word nie. Die konsep "complex connectivity" word
ingespan om 'n meer genuanseerde analise van globalisasie te bied aangesien dit dui op die
komplekse interaksie, of selfs interpenetrasie, tussen plaaslike en globale prosesse. Hierdie opvatting
oor globalisasie word getoets aan die hand van kultuur deur twee teenstellende vrae te stel: Is
globalisasie 'n enkelvoudige globale kultuur wat dreig om plaaslike kulture oor te neem en
uiteindelik te vernietig (ook genoem kultuurimperialisme)? Of eerder: Is globalisasie 'n geleentheid
tot groter openheid en interaksie tussen kulture en gemeenskappe wat voorheen van mekaar geïsoleer
was? Die opstel argumenteer ten gunste van die tweede posisie deur gebruik te maak van John
Tomlinson se eksistensiële definisie van kultuur en sy opvatting oor die interaksie tussen die
plaaslike en die globale. Instede van globale kultuur kan ons eerder praat van 'geglobaliseerde'
kultuur, wat telkens anders lyk in elke plaaslike opset. Hierdie posisie bied 'n versigtige, maar meer
optimistiese antwoord op die kulturele impak van globalisasie deurdat veel van die aanklagte van
kultuurimperialsime teen globalisasie afgewys word.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/53202 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Pauw, J. C. (Jacobus Christoff) |
| Contributors | Van der Merwe, W. L., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Philosophy. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 63 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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