Kwame Anthony Appiah Globalization And Culture

There is a common concept in some parts of the world that globalization of a community or country is wrong, and that it will have irreparable impact on the culture. This concept, while it may seem true for some people in their own opinion, for all it will not because globalization is inevitable. Kwame Anthony Appiah in Cosmopolitanism, calls to question this idea of globalization and the effects it has on homogeneity and culture. Essentially, the cultivation of his argument is the idea that globalization does not damage culture. This leaves a reader with two choices: agree or disagree. It is hard to disagree when an argument like his is solid and can be supported by evidence. While some people feel that globalization negatively effects cultural …show more content…
It is something that stems from generations of people passing down values, food, religion, and much more. Paraguay's culture is something that is truly vibrant and shown in the everyday life of an Paraguayan. A large part of the culture is that of the family. "Family defines what employment their children will have and political views. It even defines marriage" ("Paraguay Culture", VisitParaguay). Those family traditions have strong influence from their religion. "The majority of the population in Paraguay follows a form of Christianity" ("Paraguay Culture", Maps of World). Meaning that the traditions will be based of off the religious beliefs and the ways of the church. Another large part of the culture is the food. "The food of modern Paraguay is highly influenced by Spain, but because of the varieties of crops commonly found in the country, its traditional foods are rooted in the country's own ground" (Paraguay Culture, Maps of World). This culture is made up of using the culture of Spain as an influence. Illustrating how Paraguayan uses an aspect of globalization in their culture. For in using the traditions of another country in their lives, they open up themselves to be more developed and affected by other nations. Paraguayan while their culture is set and has strong roots of religion and family, at the same time allow themselves to be open to other cultures …show more content…
Instead of seeing globalization as a positive aspect to daily life and society, it is seen as something that weakens the economies and livelihoods. It's is viewed as such since: "policies designed to open markets and increase trade liberalization did not deliver on reducing income inequality. Instead, several economic crises stalled economic growth, thereby deepening poverty levels" ("What Latin America Thinks About Globalization"). This is such due to what happened in countries like Columbia. Where instead of globalization helping them rise economically, it actually made them become lower economically than Colombia was before (Reina and Zuluaga 2-3). Columbia's involvement in globalization led them to have economic issues that were not helpful but detrimental. As such, Latin and South America's hesitance and dislike of globalization comes from Columbia and other countries who have experienced the bad side of globalization. Globalization is when countries, companies, or people interact which comes from trade ("What is Globalization?"). Meaning that globalization does not just have an effect on the economies but also the culture, environment, and human welfare. While, these countries are apprehensive for globalization due to experience with failure. It is necessary for countries to see the broader horizon of globalization and what it is able to bring besides the economic effects.