“Globalization really is a concrete, fundamental fact in everybody's lives, and you really see that come to life in soccer stadiums.” FactsFundamentalsSoccerConcreteGlobalizationStadiums Author:Franklin Foer
“Most of the time the concept of globalization ends up sounding unnecessarily abstruse - even the name itself sounds clunky and highfalutin.” EndsNamesSoundConceptsGlobalization Author:Franklin Foer
“I think that globalization is partly responsible for the spread of the hostile, radical forms of Islam.” ThinkingFormResponsibleIslamSpreadRadicalHostileGlobalization Author:Franklin Foer
“I don't think Islam has really been understood as a product of globalization. It might be one of these instances where globalism and tribalism ultimately go hand in hand.” ThinkingHandsMightProductsUnderstoodIslamInstanceGlobalizationHand In HandTribalismGlobalism Author:Franklin Foer
“Most of the time the concept of globalization ends up sounding unnecessarily abstruse - even the name itself sounds clunky and highfalutin. And people discuss it in a way that makes it seem so impersonal. But globalization really is a concrete, fundamental fact in everybody's lives, and you really see that come to life in soccer stadiums.” PeopleSoccerConcreteGlobalization Author:Franklin Foer
“Is Islam a tribe or is it a force of globalization? Islam has certainly been studied as a local, tribalistic phenomenon. But Islam is also theoretically a universalist idea, its spread has been facilitated by modern technologies, and it's an identity that people can slip into and out of fairly easily. I don't think Islam has really been understood as a product of globalization. It might be one of these instances where globalism and tribalism ultimately go hand in hand.” PeopleThinkingTechnologyModernIdentityIslamSpreadPhenomenonGlobalizationModern Technology Author:Franklin Foer
“Indeed, this is an important characteristic of the globalization debate: the tendency toward glorifying all things indigenous even when they deserve to be left in the past.” ImportantPastLeftDeserveAll ThingsDebateTendenciesCharacteristicsGlobalizationIndigenous Author:Franklin Foer
