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... language, ethnicity or religion but one is also able to draw ‘cultural cues’ moulded by a global culture, the two are now inextricably linked. Depending on the environment in which one is able to find identity and connection, an individual’s response to navigating their way through the global varies. While one such as Quoyle may navigate away from the global into the security of the local, it seems imperative that some connection with the global remains, and in some cases especially in terms of economic development it is necessary that the global is focused on rather than the local as it may seem stifling and narrow-minded. As it is impossible to predict each individual’s response to globalization and localised communities, and the relationship between the two so complex it appears inevitable they must compromise in order to benefit all involved.
Navigating The Global - The Shipping News and Related Material
In a late 20th century context in which all has become morally relative and truth no more than a social construct, there are no longer predetermined, all encompassing social values and/or ethics.
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Traditional boundaries have deteriorated due to an increasing technological ability to connect with those of other cultures resulting in a “collapse of space and time”; one is now required to create their own meaning and understanding of the world and our place within it. It seems all that remains constant, regardless of culture, religion, ethnicity or environment, is common human experience and the sanctity of human life - a humanist ideal that “individual human experience is the foundation of all knowledge and behaviour,” the core of humanity is consistent in each individual. In a globalised society an individual’s identity is now defined not only by local culture, language, ethnicity or religion but one is also able to draw ‘cultural cues’ ...... language, ethnicity or religion but one is also able to draw ‘cultural cues’ moulded by a global culture, the two are now inextricably linked. Depending on the environment in which one is able to find identity and connection, an individual’s response to navigating their way through the global varies. While one such as Quoyle may navigate away from the global into the security of the local, it seems imperative that some connection with the global remains, and in some cases especially in terms of economic development it is necessary that the global is focused on rather than the local as it may seem stifling and narrow-minded. As it is impossible to predict each individual’s response to globalization and localised communities, and the relationship between the two so complex it appears inevitable they must compromise in order to benefit all involved.
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