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The most effective attacks against globalization are usually not those related to economies. Instead, they are social, ethical a
The most effective attacks against globalization are usually not those related to economies. Instead, they are social, ethical a
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2010-04-24
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问题
The most effective attacks against globalization are usually not those related to economies. Instead, they are social, ethical and, above all, cultural. These arguments surfaced amid the protests in Seattle in 1999 and more recently in Davos, Bangkok and Prague. They say this: the disappearance of national borders and the establishment of a world interconnected by markets will deal a death blow to regional and national cultures, and to the traditions, customs, myths and mores that determine each country’s or region’s cultural identity. Since most of the world is incapable of resisting the invasion of cultural products from developed countries that inevitably trails the great transnational corporations, North American culture will ultimately impose itself, standardizing the world and annihilating its richness of diverse cultures. In this manner, all other peoples, and not just the small and weak ones, will lose their identity, their soul, and will become no more than 21st-eentury colonies modeled after the cultural norms of a new imperialism that, in addition to ruling over the planet with its capital, military might and scientific knowledge, will impose on others its language and its ways of thinking, believing, enjoying and dreaming.
Even though I believe this cultural argument against globalization is unacceptable, we should recognize that deep within it lies an unquestionable truth. This century, the world in which we will live will be less picturesque and filled with less local color than the one we left behind. The festivals, attire, customs, ceremonies, rites and beliefs that in the past gave humanity its culturally and racially variety are progressively disappearing or confining themselves to minority sectors, while the bulk of society abandons them and adopts others more suited to the reality of our time.
All countries of the earth experience this process, some more quickly than others, but it is not due to globalization. Rather, it is due to modernization, of which the former is effect, not cause. It is possible to lament, certainly, that this process occurs, and to feel nostalgia for the past ways of life that, particularly from our comfortable vantage point of the present, seem full of amusement, originality and color. But this process is unavoidable. In theory, perhaps, a country could keep this identity, but only if — like certain remote tribes in Africa or the Amazon — it decides to live in total isolation, cutting off all exchange with other nations and practicing self sufficiency. A cultural identity preserved in this form would take that society back to prehistoric standards of living.
It is true that modernization makes many forms of traditional life disappear. But at the same time, it opens opportunities and constitutes an important step forward for a society as a whole. That is why, when given the option to choose freely, peoples, sometimes counter to what their leaders or intellectual traditionalists would like, opt for modernization without the slightest ambiguity.
Which of the following statements about cultural globalization is NOT correct?
选项
A、It has been taken as the most useful attack against globalization.
B、It is the result of the development of global market.
C、Many countries may suffer the loss of cultural identity.
D、New cultural imperialism will reduce the poor countries being the colonies of North America.
答案
D
解析
推断题。文章第一段说明,反全球化的人认为在全球化的过程中,随着国界的消失,市场把世界连接成一体,国家和地区的文化特征受到沉重的打击。特别是北美文化会主宰世界,扼杀多元文化的丰富性。本段第六句提到,不仅是弱小的国家,全世界所有其他国家都会丧失他们的文化特征和精神,成为21世纪新殖民主义文化标志下的殖民地。这里所谓“殖民地”,指受到别国文化的控制,丧失自己的文化特点,并非真正意义上的殖民地。所以D的内容是错误的,为正确选项。
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