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  • Essay / Hybridization Essay - 671

    Globalization in its various dimensions and principles and their impacts on nations and sociological communities around the world have been a popular topic of research and discussion over the past two decades. In this essay, I will discuss a number of concepts and perspectives for understanding how globalization has such an impact on the world we live in. Although the understanding and theory behind globalization has changed over time with an array of literature and studies published in recent times, the basic meaning remains constant – the process by which the world's people are incorporated into a society. single world (Pieterse 1990). This defining term encompasses the concept of globalization, but globalization is generally interpreted in three main focal points to give understanding of the theory, homogeneity, heterogeneity and hybridization. At the extremes, the globalization of culture can lead either to a trend toward common codes and practices (homogeneity), or to a situation in which many cultures interact to create some kind of imitation or mixture leading to a variety of cultures. hybrids (heterogeneity). First of all, regarding heterogeneity, hybridization is a fundamental theory that directly correlates with heterogeneity and the concept that heterogeneity is the mixture of ethics, ideas, languages , genders, ages or anything different, which can be put into context to produce a diverse figure. Hybridization includes this in its principles of globalization. Hybridization is defined as “the way in which forms separate from existing practices and recombine with new forms in new practices” (Rowe and Schelling 1991). In a simpler context, it involves mixing, mixing and adapting...... middle of article ......stions because the increased interconnectedness between countries and cultures helps to form a more homogeneous world adopting the Western Euro-American model of social organization and lifestyle (Liebes, 2003). This perspective is reflected in several concepts and models such as global culture, Americanization and, most importantly, the theory of McDonaldization.…To conclude, this essay has explored the different ways in which globalization can be understood through the reference to key sociological concepts and correlated perspectives. . The analysis of cultural hybridization, heterogeneity and modernity allows us to understand that globalization is indeed the process of adaptation and remodeling of society in a sense, through the collaboration of a matrix multidimensional of sociological behaviors and cultures to create the diversity of a combined society..