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1、CulturalGlobalization1.Muchoftheearlydevelopmentofdifferentlanguages,customs,andotherdiverseaspectsworldculturesresultedfromtheisolationofgroupsofpeoplefromoneanother.Itisnotsurprising,then,thatadegreeofculturalamalgamationhasoccurredasimprovedtransportationand
2、communicationhavebroughtpeopleofvarioussocietiesintoevermorefrequentcontact.Analyzingtheblurringofculturaldifferencesinevitablyincludesagreatdealaboutfastfood,basketball,rockmusic,andothersuchaspectsofpopculture,butsuchanalysisdoesnottrivializethesubject,.Inste
3、ad,alongstandingbottomuplineofpoliticaltheoryarguesthattheworld`speoplecanbuildoncommonplaceinteractionsandincreasingculturalcommonalitiesthatengenderfamiliaritywithandconfidenceinoneanothertocreateaglobalcivilsocietythatmightevolveintoaglobalnation.Bythesamepr
4、ocess,iftransnationalcivilsocietiesdevelop,thenregionalandevenglobalschemesofgovernancecouldconceivablyformandsupplementorsupplanttheterritorialstate.Scholarswhoexaminethebottom-upprocessoftransnationalintegrationlookforevidenceinsuchfactorsastheflowofcommunica
5、tionsandcommercebetweencountriesandthespreadacrossbordersofwhatpeoplewear,eat,anddoforrecreation.1、不同語(yǔ)言、風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣以及其他不同的文化背景下,世界文化的早期發(fā)展,是從彼此分離的人群中產(chǎn)生的。這并不奇怪,那么,文化融合的程度已經(jīng)發(fā)生,因?yàn)榻煌ㄟ\(yùn)輸和溝通帶來(lái)了不同社會(huì)的人們更頻繁的接觸。模糊的分析文化差異必然包括快餐、籃球、搖滾樂(lè)以及一些其他的流行文化,但是,這種分析并并不切題。相反,一個(gè)長(zhǎng)期的自下而上的政治理論認(rèn)為,世界
6、上的人可以在司空見(jiàn)慣的相互作用和增加文化共性產(chǎn)生的熟悉和對(duì)彼此的信心創(chuàng)造一個(gè)全球公民社會(huì),可能會(huì)發(fā)展成一個(gè)全球性的民族。通過(guò)同樣的過(guò)程,如果跨國(guó)公民社會(huì)得到發(fā)展,那么治理區(qū)域甚至全球方案的可能形式和補(bǔ)充或取代國(guó)家的領(lǐng)土的形式。學(xué)者們研究了自底向上的跨國(guó)整合的過(guò)程,在通信和貿(mào)易的流動(dòng)和國(guó)家之間的蔓延,人們穿著,吃,并做娛樂(lè)的傳播這些因素之間的中尋找證據(jù)。2.Whileitisprematuretotalkofaworldculture,andindeedthatmaynevercome,thereissignifica
7、ntevidenceofculturalamalgamationintheworld.TheleadersofChinaoncewore‘Chinesetunicsuits”;nowtheywearWestern-stylebusinesssuits.Whendressinginformally,peopleinShanghai,Lagos,andMexicoCityaremoreapttowearjeans,T-shirts,andsneakersthantheircountry`straditionaldress
8、.Youngpeopleeverywherelistentothesamemusic,with,forexample“Disturbia”byRihannaontheTop-10chartsinmanycountriesinadditiontotheUnitedStatesin2008.Andwhateveritmeanstoourgastro