Facts

• Facts on Civilization Discourse

  Civilization Discourse:

  • Dominant ideology of colonialism and the logic that shaped the birth of the international order.

  
• Facts on Globalism (Steger)

  Globalism (Steger):

  • Global economic integration is not only inevitable given the rise of new technologies; it is more importantly, a normative international goal.

  
• Facts on Modernization Theory (Rostow)

  Modernization Theory (Rostow):

  • Outlined historical progress in terms of society's capacity to produce and consume material goods.

  
• Facts on End of History (Fukuyama)

  End of History (Fukuyama):

  • The complete triumph of Western capitalism and liberalism turns the West into the relos of political organization, which all must aspire to.

  
• Facts on the Lexus (Friedman):

  The Lexus (Friedman):

  • Global progress in terms o a binary between embracing free trade and being left behind by the pace of international economic and technological development. The alternative to Lexus is stagnation, making injunction to globalize an imperative in the quest for global modernity.

  
• Facts on Challenging the Global Order (Lenin, Sukarno, Third Worldism)

  CHALLENGING THE GLOBAL ORDER:

  • Lenin: Capitalism's strength is premised on the creation of new markets via imperialism.
  • Sukarno: Colonialism has also its modern dress, in the form of economic control, intellectual control, and actual physical control by a small alien community within a nation. it is a skillful and determined enemy, it appears in many guises.
  • Third Worldism: Began as common resistance to new forms of colonialism.