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E-book Methods in World History: A Critical Approach

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Globalization may be considered a process in which the network of human interaction gradually widens and takes on new and more complex forms. We would venture to say that each step of these deeper and more inclusive interconnections has unique characteristics. For instance, during the time of the great empires at the beginning of the Common Era (CE), the flow of materials and intellectual influences reached a higher level than ever before. Another important step was taken in the sixteenth century, involving the merging of the two worlds, America and Afro-Eurasia. These steps presented new challenges to populations all over the world, in the spiritual sense no less than in the material sense. Such challenges permeated the encounters between people and peoples who previously never met, and who found one another alien and perhaps even less than human. And those people, confronted with completely new geophysical circumstances, carried with them disease, which would prove yet another fateful challenge.Globalization can neither be understood as a consciously intended process, nor as the irreversible goal or end-point of history. It is not the final outcome of some ancient master plan. Likewise, from our vantage point we cannot be sure that the worldwide web of human encounters will never fall apart, destroyed by, for example, pandemics, devastating wars, climate collapse, or something else that we cannot even envision. However, the fact that globalization has most often evolved as the unintended consequence of intended action has not prevented it from having a certain direction as it drives the ever- increasing connectedness of people around the world. Obviously, globalization has not been the same throughout his-tory. It has appeared in different guises at different periods in time. What are the distinguishing features of our own age of globalization, then? Trade? No, the late nineteenth century saw the establishment of bulk trade with steamers and railways, a much more pervasive change in trade than we see today. Migration? Only if we talk about shorter translocations – if we are talking about mass migrations then other periods are far more important. But there is one specific fea-ture that is uniquely contemporary: the immediate and worldwide transfer of information. That has never happened before: what does it imply for globalization?

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

901 JAR m

Penerbit

Sweden : Kriterium., 2016

Deskripsi Fisik

256 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9789188168481

Klasifikasi

901

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Philosopy and Theory of History

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