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    This document discusses the concept of globalization from a sociological perspective. It outlines how sociologist Roland Robertson first introduced the term in the 1980s and defined it as "the compression of the world". It also examines Parsons' theory of globalization leading to universalism and Robertson's alternative view of the interpenetration of universalism and particularism. Several key events are discussed, like the Iranian revolution, and relationships between globalization and factors like religion, the state, and space/time are explored through the works of various scholars.

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    This document discusses the concept of globalization from a sociological perspective. It outlines how sociologist Roland Robertson first introduced the term in the 1980s and defined it as "the compression of the world". It also examines Parsons' theory of globalization leading to universalism and Robertson's alternative view of the interpenetration of universalism and particularism. Several key events are discussed, like the Iranian revolution, and relationships between globalization and factors like religion, the state, and space/time are explored through the works of various scholars.

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    This document discusses the concept of globalization from a sociological perspective. It outlines how sociologist Roland Robertson first introduced the term in the 1980s and defined it as "the compression of the world". It also examines Parsons' theory of globalization leading to universalism and Robertson's alternative view of the interpenetration of universalism and particularism. Several key events are discussed, like the Iranian revolution, and relationships between globalization and factors like religion, the state, and space/time are explored through the works of various scholars.

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    Globalization: Perspective from the Field

    Globalization doesn’t have particular meaning even though others have given a chance to
    participate with the ‘global’ and conduct highly influential accounts of globalization beyond the
    secularization debate. It is not a process that can be easily give a spoken within a single
    authoritative narrative- rather the very concept of locale, merging into the global, promotes the
    construction of multiple narratives that reflect the manner in which each group, religious
    tradition or region contributed to the construction of the global.

    Sociology of religion- the concept of globalization emerged in the early 1980s in a series of
    publications by sociologist Roland Robertson and his co-authors. Most of the articles and papers
    were published in his Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture (1992) volume.

    Robertson and Lechner, 1985- In metatheoretical terms, overturning the materialist foundation
    of political economy offered the opportunity to present the ‘global’ as the ‘cultural’ alternative to
    world-systems analysis.

    Parsons
    - Parsons’ (1977) evolutionary theory
    - Postulated the inevitable universalization
    - equates globalization with universalism

    Robertson
    - Defined globalization as ‘the compression of the world’.
    - Proposes the interpenetration of universalism and particularism.
    - Robertson’s approach offered an alternative to the old modernization with universalism,
    secularism and cross-cultural convergence.

    Iranian revolution 1979


    - Subsequent rise of fundamentalism and different religious revivals in Islamic countries
    but also in the United States itself contributed to the de-legitimization of post-World War
    II modernization theory
    - Robertson’s emphasizes the significance of the ‘search fundamentals’ as part of
    globalization offered a theoretical mechanism that could explain ‘anomalies’ in the earlier
    modernization paradigm.

    Relationship between religious institution and the state


    - There is a tendency for religion to return to the public sphere or domain (de-privatization
    of religion)

    Relationship between space-time and globalization


    - Albrow (1997) ‘global age’ that supersedes the ‘modern age’
    - Giddens (1990) views globalization as a ‘consequence of modernity’
    - Beck (1992) result of ‘second modernity’

    Dialectic of deterritorialization and reterritorializaton


    - Old forms of territorial attachments are decoupled, and new forms of such attachments
    are forged.
    - Prominently displayed both in trends toward greater ecumenical orientation as well as
    transnational religion.
    - Reshapes the world’s religious geography through increased cross-cultural contact.

    Relationship between globalization and religion


    - Scholarship has explored various facets of the relationship between globalization and
    religion since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe.
    - (Bastian, Champion, and Rousselet, 2001) La Globalisation du religieux. Paris,
    L'Harmattan
    - (Beckford, 2003) Social Theory and Religion
    - (Berger and Huntington, 2002) Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the
    Contemporary World
    - (Beyer and Beaman, 2007) Religion, Globalization, and Culture
    - (Hopkins et al., 2001)
    - (Stackhouse and Paris, 2000) God and Globalization: Religion and the Powers of the
    Common Life
    - (The Hedgehog Review, 2002)
    - (Altglas, 2010) Religion and Globalization: Critical Concepts in Social Studies
    -

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