Globalization and Humanity

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Globalization is a word understood by many, in the Third World, as a kind of political strategy invented by some industrial nations to exploit the poor developing countries. Similarly, humanity, through the process of evolution, has grown from the condition of single families into tribes, then emerged into city-states and nations and now the world has reached the state of what is known as “global village” where all the nations and the peoples of the world have become highly interdependent. This is a comprehensive review of literature, with the added advantage of the author’s sustained critical commentary on globalization. In several important respects, however, the book leads the reader well beyond a reiteration of current and past observations on this complex and often controversial subject. The author insists that globalization, in itself, is neither a positive nor a negative trend. Rather, its ultimate effects on the well-being of people depend critically on several, still unresolved, factors. The author further points out, throughout the study, that to humanize globalization means to participate in the struggle for social justice. This is an ethical obligation that applies to both individuals and collectivities. Adding human dimension to the discourse of globalization, this book will be an invaluable resource for all teachers and students studying globalization and its effects.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Samir Dasgupta

Dr. (Mrs.) Samira Dasgupta (b. 1953) is a research personnel in the Cultural Anthropology Division of Anthropological Survey of India. She obtained her B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Anthropology from the University of Calcutta. Her special interest is to study tribal ethnography, culture ecology and culture change in which these tribal people face a bi-cultural situation. She has till now completed several research projects from Anthropological Survey of India, Calcutta and submitted the reports to the office ad carried out extensive field work in the Chotanagpur plateau of Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Gujarat and also in various remote and isolated pockets of Bastar districts of M.P. She has also authored a book Birijia: Society and Contributor of articles and research papers to reputed journals and at this moment she has published about twenty three research papers in her credit. Dr. (Mrs. Dasgupta has joined the Anthropological Survey of India in 1977 and presently posted at it’s Sub-Regional Centre, Jagdalpur, Bastar (M.P.)

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Title
Globalization and Humanity
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8131603490
Length
xv+240p., 22cm.
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