Is globalisation of cultures advantageous or disadvantageous to national cultures
Is globalisation of cultures advantageous or disadvantageous to national cultures? ... But somehow, in the face of all these homogenizing forces, individual cultures survive. ... The very technologies that many fear could dilute cultures may promote the opposite. The current wave of globalisation seems to be surrounded by paradoxes People whose only remaining possession is their culture are relying on ethnic and religious divisions to reinforce their sense of identity in an increasingly impersonal, homogenized world -- a world growing more polarized and unstable due to the widening gulf between the haves and the have nots and those in denial. ... If the processes of globalisation proceed in such forms and at such a phenomenal pace as it has up until today, it’s only a matter of time, perhaps the next two or three generations from now, the world will become an undesirable place to reside, diversity would be obtained only through change of scenery the place one chooses to live. Great pressures are placed upon world leaders to maintain the current existence of a variety of cultures in the world. ... Hence, surrendering to the process of globalisation, the world must be both united and varied. Preserving different cultures should maintain its wealth and its inner dynamism of development. Globalisation makes the world uniform and it significantly loosens the strong relationship between nation and state which has existed up until now. ... (Deen, 1999) However if someone believes that the process of globalisation is going to erase nations, ethnic groups or local communities, they are mistaken. We can see that the more the globalisation process is intensified, becomes universal and includes more domains, the stronger the tendencies become in all nations to maintain their own identity; the same can be observed in local communities. ... Globalisation leads some people towards cosmopolitanism, and some towards a more conscious cultural identity. A prime example is the impact of globalisation on the Arab world culture. Many nationalist and cultural trustees of the Arab world, for instance, condemn the influence of globalisation on their culture. ... For them any claim to the contrary is just an inspiration to degrade other cultures in favour of a dominant one, or an attempt to certify the domination of one culture, mainly the modern version of Western culture, over the others.