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1.Met
aphor
sofgl
obal
i
zat
ion

Metaphor sofGl obal i

zationi nquiresi
ntothepowerandpol i
ti
csofmet aphorsinthemakingof
ourglobali
zinger a.Theappr oachi smult
idi
scipl
inary
, wi
thcasestudiesinglobalfi
nance,gl
obal
governance,literarytheor y,poli
ticalt
heor
y ,
anthropology
,andsociology.Metaphorsof
gl
obalizati
on, castgl obal experiencesinter
msofsomet hingelse,
amov ethatcomeswi t
hhuge
pol
iti
cal,social,culturalandeconomi ceffects.

2.Gl
obal
i
zat
iont
heor
iesdy
nami
csofl
ocal
andgl
obal
cul
tur
e

Globali
zati
ondoesmor et hansi mpl yi ncreaset heavai
labil
it
yoffor
eign-madeconsumer
productsanddisrupttr
adi t
ional producer st heexposuretoforei
gncultur
algoodsfrequent
ly
bri
ngsaboutchangesi nl ocal cultures,values,andtraditi
ons.Gl
obal
izati
onofcult
ure
contri
butestotheexchangeofcul turalvaluesofdi f
ferentcount
ri
es,theconver
genceof
tr
aditi
ons.Forcultur
alglobalizationchar act er
izedconv er
genceofbusinessandconsumer
cult
urebetweenthedi f
ferentcount riesoft hewor l
dandt hegrowthofinter
nati
onal
communi cati
on.

3.Thegl
obal
i
zat
ionofr
eli
gion

Itref
erstothehist
ori
calprocessbywhi challthewor l
d'speoplei
ncreasi
ngl
ycomet oli
veina
singl
esocialuni
t.I
timpli
cat esr
eligi
onandr eli
gionsinseveral
way s.Fr
om r
eli
giousor
theologi
calper
specti
ves,global
izati
oncall
sf ort
hr el
i
giousresponseandint
erpret
ati
on.Rel
igi
on
provi
desasenseofbel ongingnesstoagr oupint hewor l
d.