Globalization, Culture, and Interconnectedness

  John Tomlinson, Stuart Hall, Giles Gunn, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, and Anna Abram all explore the relationship between globalization, culture and a sense of interconnectedness. Choose three of the above authors. Compare and contrast their approaches to understanding the cultural dimension/ modality of globalization. Consider three of the following ideas for your essay: 1.Global consciousness and solidarity 2.Questions of diversity, difference, and heterogeneity 3.Relationship between self and other 4.Power and economic exploitation 5.Fragmentation and displacement 6.Modernity and/or Postmodernity