Roland RobertsonThinkers

Globalization is at once objectively experienced and subjectively interpreted.

Globalization is both the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole through the ever-increasing proliferation of global connections and our understanding of them.

Globalization is not just the spread of global forces and relations, it is also the spread of an idea, of a heightened global consciousness, or a sense of interconnectedness.

Globalization is not only hegemonic and global cultural flows in fact often reinvigorate local cultural niches.

Globalization is paradoxical in that it marks an accelerated coming together and also a simultaneous fragmentation. Rather than being about unity, it is about a simultaneous increase in diversity at various levels.

Globalization is the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole.

Globalization is the diffusion of practices, values and technology that have an influence on people's lives world wide.