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A Historical Approach to Globalization and Its Ethical and Educational Implications
Author:
Gerrit De Vylder
Published by:
raiyen
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De Vylder, G. (2008) A Historical Approach to Globalization and Its Ethical and Educational Implications. Pensamiento y Cultura, 11 (1), 63-89.
Link:
http://aquichan.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/pyc/article/view/1195/1257
Summary:
Introducing and teaching globalization increasingly becomes a very sensitive issue of which most inhabitants
of industrialized countries are hardly aware of. Though the negative side effects of present-day global capitalism
are critical issues, there is another effect, as dangerous, concerning the way globalization is presented and taught both
by pro-globalists and anti-globalists. Both sides like to present globalization as a "Western" phenomenon. There are two
questions here to be answered. First, is there indeed a "West" from which all universal values and institutions originate
from? Second, if this is not the case, what caused this phenomenon, and how do we correct it? Of course this leads us to
an alternative way of presenting and teaching globalization.