3) Compare and contrast Thomas Friedman’s vision of globalization with Amitav Ghosh’s explanation for why the late 20th century religious extremists he considers “are so violent [and] so destructive.”
Friedman visualizes globalization as complex and not an easy topic to grasp. Throughout his work he uses anecdotes and travelogues to show how far-reaching the impact of globalization is on the most distant civilizations of the Earth. Friedman believes globalization is necessary so that everyone can move forward in the world. Also, he feels that globalization is a “better lifestyle” but will require a lot of effort and work in order to achieve it.
Ghosh explains that religious extremists “are so violent [and] so destructive” because religious groups feel they can only ensure “supremacism” through absolute demographic and cultural control. He discusses how violence is often due to victimhood. Victimhood is when a majority in its own area may be a minority (real victim) in …show more content…
“Globalization is forever being buried by people who don't understand the first thing about it, or about people's real aspirations…they would rather go back to their old, closed, regulated systems, and give up trying for a better lifestyle” (TF, 364). He is emphasizing that we cannot procrastinate globalization anymore because he believes globalization must transcend today. Friedman informs us with what we are doing wrong right now in hope we will fix the problem right now. Ghosh does the opposite; he discusses people or events that occurred in the past in order to prove his points. He references religious extremists from the past, such as Hasan al-Banna and al-Sayyid, in order to prove that their religious conversions signify crossing of one current modernism to another. Other references to the past include Khmer Rouge’s massacres, “old” Imam’s way of life, and
Friedman visualizes globalization as complex and not an easy topic to grasp. Throughout his work he uses anecdotes and travelogues to show how far-reaching the impact of globalization is on the most distant civilizations of the Earth. Friedman believes globalization is necessary so that everyone can move forward in the world. Also, he feels that globalization is a “better lifestyle” but will require a lot of effort and work in order to achieve it.
Ghosh explains that religious extremists “are so violent [and] so destructive” because religious groups feel they can only ensure “supremacism” through absolute demographic and cultural control. He discusses how violence is often due to victimhood. Victimhood is when a majority in its own area may be a minority (real victim) in …show more content…
“Globalization is forever being buried by people who don't understand the first thing about it, or about people's real aspirations…they would rather go back to their old, closed, regulated systems, and give up trying for a better lifestyle” (TF, 364). He is emphasizing that we cannot procrastinate globalization anymore because he believes globalization must transcend today. Friedman informs us with what we are doing wrong right now in hope we will fix the problem right now. Ghosh does the opposite; he discusses people or events that occurred in the past in order to prove his points. He references religious extremists from the past, such as Hasan al-Banna and al-Sayyid, in order to prove that their religious conversions signify crossing of one current modernism to another. Other references to the past include Khmer Rouge’s massacres, “old” Imam’s way of life, and