CHAPTER 23 Capitalism and Culture: The Acceleration of Globalization Since 1945

1. CHAPTER 23 Capitalism and Culture: The Acceleration of Globalization Since 1945

3. I. The Transformation of the World Economy A. Reglobalization 1. Global economic transactions quickened dramatically after WWII 2. World trade skyrocketed 3. Money became highly mobile 4. Transnational corporations (TNCs) 5. Laborer Migrations

6. I. The Transformation of the World Economy B. Growth, Instability, and Inequality 1. Economic growth spurt 2. New World economy crises 3. Richer Global North vs. Developing Global South 4. Growing economic inequality within states 5. Anti-Globalization movement

7. I. The Transformation of the World Economy C. Globalization and an American Empire 1. Opposition to “American Empire” 2. United States in new global struggle 3. Growing international economic competition 4. Opposition to U.S. international policies 5. Controversy within the United States

11. II. The Globalization of Liberation: Focus on Feminism A. Feminism in the West 1. Western Feminism revived (1960s) 2. “Women’s liberation” 3. Black women emphasized solidarity with black men

12. II. The Globalization of Liberation: Focus on Feminism B. Feminism in the Global South 1. Communist and revolutionary movements 2. African feminists vs. Western feminists 3. Women’s movements in Kenya, Morocco, and Chile

13. II. The Globalization of Liberation: Focus on Feminism C. International Feminism 1. The “woman question” 2. Who has the right to speak on behalf of women? 3. Global backlash to feminism

15. III. Religion and Global Modernity A. Fundamentalism on a Global Scale 1. Major reaction against modernization and globalization 2. Modern world threatens established religions 3. U.S. religious conservatives call for a return to the “fundamentals” of Christianity. 4. Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism: Bharatiya Janata Party

16. III. Religion and Global Modernity B. Creating Islamic Societies: Resistance and Renewal in the World of Islam 1. Islamic Fundamentalism 2. Foreign intrusion in Egypt, Iran, Algeria 3. “Jihad”: effort to return to true Islam 4. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

17. III. Religion and Global Modernity B. Creating Islamic Societies: Resistance and Renewal in the World of Islam 5. Islamization of public life 6. Overthrow of compromised regimes 7. Attacks on hostile foreign powers 8. Violent struggle in the Islamic world: Salafism vs. Sufism

22. III. Religion and Global Modernity C. Religious Alternatives to Fundamentalism 1. Militancy not the only religious response to modernity 2. Considerable debate within the Islamic world 3. Other religious traditions respond to global modernity

23. IV. Experiencing the Anthropocene Era: Environment and Environmentalism A. The Global Environment Transformed 1. Human impact magnified: population, fossil fuels, and economic growth. 2. Environmental disruptions 3. Climatic change interacts with social conditions: the Syrian civil war

24. IV. Experiencing the Anthropocene Era: Environment and Environmentalism B. Green and Global 1. Nineteenth century: Gandhi, John Muir 2. Global phenomenon in second half of the twentieth century 3. Global concern by end of twentieth century 4. Sharp conflicts between the Global North and South 5. Global environmentalism: the plight of all humankind