Capitalism and Culture: A new phase of Global Interaction
In this chapter Strayer talks about the transformation of the World Economy, people refer to to the immense acceleration that took place in the second half of the 20th century onto the 21st century. They look at the economic transactions as inevitable. Besides just goods, money, and people, new idea concepts have traveled far and wide. And the most powerful idea is liberation. Communism promised workers and peasants liberation from capitalist oppression. Liberalism mainly focused in feminism though. Also protest movements started centered arounf sex, drugs, and rock music. But also beyond feminism global culturalization took place in world religions. people became more open to other religions around the world and a sense od understanding and curiousity for what other people believe was developed. One major thing is human kinds impact on the earth enviromentally. People in the past didnt discuss things like global warming and how the factories are polluting the air and killing the earth, but now people fight to stop air pollution and hold protests to protect the earth, because the human race is killing the thing giving them life.
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