Globalisation - Defence - Beliefs

Question 1

How is globalisation linked to defence?

Answer 1

Some believe the resurgence of conservative religions is a defensive reaction to modernisation and globalisation - globalisation includes Westernisation

Question 2

What do conservative religious provide?

Answer 2

A retreat into a religious haven, providing certainty in an uncertain world by selectively retrieving traditional religious truths

Question 3

What does Castells suggest?

Answer 3

Globalisation undermines people’s traditional sense of self, religion helps to build ‘resistance identities’, based in part on traditional doctrines.

Question 4

How is the Iranian revolution an example of cultural defence in response to globalisation?

Answer 4

Religious leaders saw a return to traditional Islam as the cure for the ‘disease’ of ‘westoxification’