History, Memory, and Silencing

According to Tomlinson, globalization started during the time of the Roman law, although it has slowed because people are shrinking on their cultures(Tomlinson 96).  Gunn has a different view that cultural integration which leads to globalization started during the formation of a human being. However, silencing of cultural globalization arose because of some cultures wanting to be more superior. To Trouillot, culture globalization started around the 1970s, and unlike the other two arguments on silencing, cultural globalization is ongoing.

Economic Exploitation and Violence 

Tomlinson notes that globalization of culture is created to allow the main cultures leap economic benefits from the minor ones. However, leaving one culture and following another requires people to wrestle with their beliefs and with those in the same culture. Trouillot is of the same view with Tomlinson that culture globalization occurred to allow the major cultures take over the economy(Trouillot 4). Tomlinson contradicts with Trouillot who argues that it results from racial and ethnic conflicts resulting from integration. Gunn is also on the view that economic crisis leads to the exploitation of other people where ethnic differences lead to violence.

Time, Space, Distance

Globalization according to Tomlinson is still taking place but at a slow pace. People are taking time to accept other cultures because of the distance between them and unavailability of space to exchange cultural beliefs. Trouillot is in agreement with Tomlinson that globalization has taken time to move from one level to another. People are far from each other physically to get a place where they can exchange their cultural beliefs. Gunn argues the same with the two that cultural globalization takes place although it takes time and requires space to bridge the distance between people(Gunn 89).

Works Cited

Gunn, Giles. “Human Solidarity and the Problem of Otherness.” Religion and Cultural Studies (2003): 80-94.

Tomlinson, John. Globalization and culture. University of Chicago Press, 1999.

Trouillot, Michel-Rolph. “The perspective of the world: Globalization then and now.” Beyond dichotomies: Histories, identities, cultures, and the challenge of globalization (2002): 3-20.

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