Monday, February 8, 2010

Global Culture


Well, it's interesting asking if there could be a global culture…

And my answer will be a NO... And you’ll see why

So, as we remember... Culture includes a way of life, beliefs, styles, values, symbols and it varies according to places, so therefore we can only speak of cultures, not only of one, but of many around the world. The idea of a global culture is impossible, even to distinguish people from other species, the differences between segments of humanity in terms of lifestyle and beliefs repertory are too big, and the common elements too generalized, to led us even consider of a global culture. It would be impossible to integrate all cultures into one, there is a great variety of traditions and customs that they would not give up what they have, what they have learned raised and lived in order to unite us all. To conceive a global culture, necessarily smaller cultures will be absorbed by larger ones and integrated into it, producing a world state with cultural homogeneity and integration.

But also, having differences isn’t bad, plurality and diversity of ideas is what makes people and this world so incredible, it could even be bored if we had all the same culture. Cultural diversity is what makes our planet rich, the variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region, or in the world as a whole. The term is also sometimes used to refer to multiculturalism. But still we can talk about globalization of cultures, which I think is different.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

An interesting point of view - thank you.