Globalization, an Effect of Modernity: Will It Affect Your Job Search All three of the articles “Rocket Machine”, “What is Globalization?”, and “Modernity – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” demonstrate or explain the consequence of modernity that is globalization. The latter article, which conveys what modernity is along with its implications, describes globalization as the process […]
Stephen Elliott IDC Blog Post 1 What Marx said of Modernism, as “showing signs of decay far surpassing the horrors of the latter times of the Roman Empire”, is the common yet woefully frayed thread between Beck and Berman. In both pieces there is an inherent assumption that the modern world is a “maelstrom” which […]
Jackelyne Diaz IDC 4001H – Professor Maciuika February 1, 2014 The Only Constant in Life is Change, Duh No matter how advanced we may be in political ideologies, business models, or technology, we can always count on knowing with certainty that they will change at some point in the future. The Berman article […]
Selina Lee IDC 4001H Professor Maciuika February 2, 2014 The readings address the causes, effects, relationships and other factors of modernization, Berman, and globalization, Beck. In the beginning of All That is Solid Melts Into Air, Berman says that: “Modernality can be said to unite all mankind.” Both What is Globolization? and Rocket Machine: How […]
The Illusion of Advancement With the newfound discoveries in science and innovations in technology, the world progressively shrinks and people become more interconnected and intertwined. With time and space between countries and people across the globe shortening, ideas, knowledge, and culture are spread faster and faster. Improvements, advancements, and progress can be seen jumping from […]
Each paper has a different topic; they discuss ideas of modernity and globalization, which aren’t too obviously connected. However, the two notions both discuss community on a global scale and how it influences our lives. Questions regarding the benevolence of this community are raised. As such, it seems appropriate to link them as arguments of […]
Konstantin Dukhovnyy, IDC 4001H – Prof. Maciuika, 1/29/14 The ideals of Rousseau, Marx, and Paz have been lost in today’s age of so-called “efficiency.” Each of the three pieces describes how modernism has corrupted society and the individual. Corporations don’t care about ethics, governments aren’t looking to change society for the better, and individuals are lost in […]
Richard Holbrooke once said, “As countries grapple with modernization, people who are left behind tend to hold firmer and firmer to their view of the evil of modernity.” Although this quote doesn’t fully pertain to every concept the readings have to offer, I think it does a great job describing the main idea each author […]
<![endif]–> Helen Li IDC 4001H-Prof. Maciuika February 2, 2014 Globalization—Having the Same Desires all around the Globe Modernization and globalization are both the causes and effects of economic expansion. Entrepreneurs, or the bourgeoisie as Karl Marx refers to them, are underlying activists that created the modernized world we have today. In order […]
The rise of technology has made our lives easier. Thanks to technology, we are no longer limited to people and places by proximity. Technology has allowed us to communicate and interact with people halfway across the globe and has also allowed us to travel to places beyond this world. People travel farther to work, companies […]
Going Global to Make Money Pessia Goldberg IDC 4001H – Prof. Maciuika 02/02/14 Going Global to Make Money One of the key unifying concepts from the three assigned readings is the increasing loss of community values in favor of selfish personal advancement. I happened to read The Economist article first, […]
Edward Roscigno IDC 4001H Professor Maciuika 2/2/14 The state or quality of being modern is relative. It is relative to time, location, and past experiences. Despite the ambiguity of the term modern it is safe to say that no matter what the stipulations are, what is modern today will not be modern in the future. […]
For many years, people have progressed to improve their lives. The necessity for improvement and progression led to the invention of machines. It is what brought humanity into modernism, globalization, and finally the establishment of Rocket Internet. Although machines are able to help people with their everyday lives and certain labor-intensive jobs, they have also […]
Rossella Failla One of the common threads throughout the articles is change. Society changes throughout generations, changing many aspects of life. Berman presents the issues set by modernization as a paradox to today’s generations. He periodized modernity into three time periods, looking at how modernity changed aspects of society. Berman’s approach is to teach society […]
Jenna Hosier – IDC 4001H – Prof. Maciuika – February 2nd, 2014 Risky Business in the Mad Rush to the Top The three readings seem to be connected by mankind’s perpetual need to move forward, and loss of control in the process, and the concept of globality. The very essence of Berman’s title All That […]
Ilana Gelb IDC 4001H- Professor Maciuika 2/1/14 Destruction in Pursuit of Creation One must destroy in order to create. In a time of Modernization, when the world is constantly changing, it is difficult for individuals to find steady ground. The readings, “All That is Solid Melts into Air” by Marshal Berman, “What is Globalization” by […]
Navtej S. Ahuja IDC 4001H Professor Maciuika February 2, 2014 Show Me the Money Economics has driven and will drive globalization. Because of this, those who enter new markets tend to focus less on the cultural differences between those they are interacting with and more on the possible monetary benefits they can attain. […]
The three articles focus on how the world has changed and expanded due to globalization and modernization. The articles voice a negative response as to how the overall quality of economic welfare and social development is gradually degrading. In What is Globalization? Ulrich Beck states the problem with transnational corporations being “virtual taxpayers.” Corporations find […]
Joseph Maugeri, IDC 4001H – Prof. Maciuika, 2/4/14 Today with communication at an all time high, there is less room for error and divisions are apparent. In a shift to a modern era, change occurs but none are fundamental. Some take advantage of the shifts. For example, companies like Rocket Internet have utilized the increased […]
Society’s Been Globalized…Cool Natan Wise IDC 4001H – Prof. Maciuika February 2nd, 2014 The running theme through these readings, aside from the mostly pretentiously writing and practically impertinent theories, is that our world has become increasingly globalized since the industrial revolution. In What is Gloabalization? Beck writes that globalization […]
The three articles address the issues of our current society –rigorously individualistic, competitive and capitalistic –and suggest there must be more optimal way in management whether it is in global, transnational, or corporate scale. The three articles share a common concept of human economic and social development leading to tragedy rather than advancement. Our capitalistic […]
