Tribalism And Globalization

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“No space disappears in the course of growth and development: the worldwide does not abolish the local.” - Henri Lefebvre In 1990s, the theory of cosmopolitan fell into the deadlock of different ideologies. There were endless debate on the ambitious dream of universal humanist world and the problems in achieving that. Traditional cosmopolitans brought the scenario of making " a borderless world " , thinking national and ethical solidarities are the reason for conflict and divisions. Diverting it, others argued that if one thinks to make global community then cannot ignore national and ethical solidarities and neither community can be homogenized to follow “universal …show more content…

Globalization has strengthened the local ties and identity politics. Rob Wilson and Wimal Dissanayake says in Global/ Local’s preface - "National representation has become more globalized (unified around dynamics of capita logic moving across borders) and more localized (fragmented into contestatory enclose of difference, coalition, and resistance)" (1). If we look at the tribalism tendencies, interaction between national boundaries and weakening of government control has lead to social fragmentation. Consequently there is uncomfortable existence of globalism and tribalism. Another side is it brings local in interaction with global. Rather than looking the Micro political (national) identities in opposition with macro political (global), one should necessarily look it at constant flux with each other. No doubt there will be fragmentation among the …show more content…

Few seconds later, the scene moves to miscellanea of Mexican streets which Debbie and Mike watch in amazement. Despite the linking of scenes where the second scene is complimenting the emotions of the previous scene, by the climax Iñárritu has shown the difference between the worlds of characters and what their fate will be like Yussef and Ahmed along with their father running in the mountains from unquestioned open firing by Moroccan police and Yussef responding back by hitting on the police suddenly cuts to rowdy music where people along with Debbie and Mike are enjoying. There is a contradiction in the situations and conclusions of the children's belonging to different cultures and nations. Babel has depicted cosmopolitanism and globalization not through rich people's branding the techniques, unlike many Indian movies if we want to make any comparison. The director of this movie has shown the real geographical conditions of various places. If we look at the cultural diversity in Australia for example, rather than marketing, the cosmopolitanism

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