Cultural globalization in Indian context

1. Cultural Globalization
In Indian Context

2. Cultural Globalization
• Cultural globalization can be
approached from 2 angles.
1) The popularization of cultural property
 Involves the global distribution of cultural products such as
fictions, films and songs.
2) The popularization of cultural attitudes
 Involves the spread of such ideas as democracy , human
rights and striving for efficiency .

3. “How to Judge Globalization”
• Does “globalization” equal
“westernization”?
• Why West dominated?
- Reforamation & Renaissance
- Scientific development
- industrial revolution
- Strong Navy

4. • Oppressed are allowed once every few
years to decide which particular
representatives of the opressing class
are to represent and repress them.
-Karl Marx-

5. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF INDIA
Indus Valley Civilization
Aryan Migration
Muslim Invasion
Western Invation

6. Impact of Aryan Migration
• Caste System was introduced
• Developed a new language ‘Sanskrit’
• Religious rituals
• Position of Women in the society was lowerd
Na Sthree Swathanthryam Arhathi...!

7. Impact Of Muslim Invasion
• New Religion Islam was introduced
• Religious tolerance
• Pardha system and child marriage
• New system of education through persian and
Arabic medium
• Art and architecture flourished.
- Dome and pointed arch

8. India under Western Powers
The bourgeoisie, historically, has played a
most revolutionary part. The bourgeoisie,
wherever it has got the upper hand, has put
an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic
relations.
In one word, for exploitation, veiled by
religious and political illusions, it has
substituted naked, shameless, direct, brutal
exploitation.
Communist Manifesto

9. Effects Of Western invation
• Religion
-Spread of new religion Christianity
-Atheism
-Intercaste marriage
-religious tolerance
-Abolition of Sati and such rituals
• Society
-Occupational and geographical mobility
-Nuclear families
-Position of Women
-Introduction of western celebrations
- slavery was abolished

10. Effects Of Western invation ( contd)
• Rise Of Nationalism
-Unification of India
- Ideas of Renaissance and revolutions
• Education
-introducton of western education
-Decrease in importance of regional languages
-Education became a business not a service

11. Effects Of Western invation ( contd
• Rediscovery of India’s past
-William Jones founded asiatic society
-Manusmrithi, Bagavath Gita (charles Wilkins), Rig
Veda (Max Muller) etc was translated into English
- Archeological survey of India was set up
- Indus Valley civilisation was found out
-deciphering insriptions on Ashoka pillar

12. Effects Of Western invation (contd)
• Language
-enriched the regional languages with loan
words
Mesha, Kasera- portugese
Kakkoos, kappi- Dutch
Madama- English
• Performing arts
-indian art form got world wide recoginition
- introduction of western music

13. Criticism