Comment If the term "globalization" sounds too general... (Score 1) 657
...it probably is. Use a different word to describe what you mean.
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When we use the word "government" we can mean any number of things. We can mean our government (democratic), we can mean their government (communist, fascist, socialist, monarchist), or we can mean "how we're governed." Without a contextual framework the term itself becomes a catchall for whatever meaning the reader or writer believes it means.
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So when we use a term like this out of context any definition of the word one can think of merely becomes a literary Rorschach test ("tell me... what do you see in this?"). In fact, one might say that it's irresponsible to use a word like this without a contextual framework since it can be used to confuse rather than illuminate.
Perhaps globalisation/globalization/globalizacion is a similar term and we should be careful of our use of it.
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<ANALOGY>
When we use the word "government" we can mean any number of things. We can mean our government (democratic), we can mean their government (communist, fascist, socialist, monarchist), or we can mean "how we're governed." Without a contextual framework the term itself becomes a catchall for whatever meaning the reader or writer believes it means.
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So when we use a term like this out of context any definition of the word one can think of merely becomes a literary Rorschach test ("tell me... what do you see in this?"). In fact, one might say that it's irresponsible to use a word like this without a contextual framework since it can be used to confuse rather than illuminate.
Perhaps globalisation/globalization/globalizacion is a similar term and we should be careful of our use of it.
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