Background of globalization аs a cultural problem

Abstract

The article from the standpoint of cultural analysis examined predictors of globalization as a special phenomenon of the twentieth century. It is noted that under the influence of globalization, not only there was "worldeconomy", but there have been dramatic changes in lifestyle and way of life of millions of people. Thus it is in the culture of the impact of globalization was the most ambitious. It is noted that in the course of globalization enhances a difference in the level of cultural development of the countries and peoples, new forms of inequality, including inequalities of power of different social groups, classes, nations and ethnic groups access information and advanced information technology. However, despite the importance of issues related to the socio-cultural consequences of globalization, they have not received adequate coverage in contemporary cultural studies, then this article is an attempt to identify substantive prerequisites of globalization, due to the need to identify the general trends of world development. Among recent works on the research topic singled work in which globalization is viewed in the context of global development, is justified by the idea that the world is becoming more homogeneous in economic, social, cultural and political terms, that is the spread and acceptance of the standards under which refers to the model of economic, political and social development that emerged in the West and were spread across the planet, labor, and which advocates the thesis of the division of the world, as reflected in the consolidation of the countries and regions of different statuses and roles in the system of global division of labor and well as the rise of conflict in the world, as evidenced by the increasing number of "hot spots", the expansion of international terrorism, etc., as well as works about the two trends of world development – the universalization of the world and its fragmentation. The result of this research is to analyze the author's conclusion that the issue of globalization, being the most discussed in modern writings on economics, political science, cultural theory, philosophy, international relations or other disciplines at the same time remains one of the most controversial issues, including evaluation of different approaches and researchers vary considerably.