What I discovered in Global sociology?

   After going over this interesting book, I figured out that we should work more intensively on the convergence of views between international communities to understand their image in the mirror of others and fill in the gaps, which could be the way towards the renaissance.

This book comparably captured five societies; Germany, Mexico, Egypt, Japan, and San peoples of Namibia in Africa. It examined the extent to which they are globalized and globalizing, and how these societies react to globalization process in terms of culture, habits, social behaviors, values, including various orientations towards many issues.

Cover of the book

As the world affairs are remarkably interwoven, the argument of this book stresses that not all of these societies encounter the changeable globalization process to the degree they end up with eliminated domestic sociopolitical and cultural values. For instance, Japan, as I could describe it also, is globalized outwardly, but inwardly this process couldn't take hold on. In other words, Japan received lots of things from abroad which can be found everywhere as kind of commercial manifestations; however, Japanese landscape indicates how they fended off any attempt to change the sociocultural values they believe in domestically. Furthermore, they received globalization in a way casts its benefits in favor of developing the country in many fields which ended up having a leading role in the global economy and technology. I could say Japan aims to import what strengthens its economy with new strategies opening up its gates for this.

On the other hand, I found out that Japan is suffering from social dilemmas resulted by restrictive social rules that Japanese social fabric infuses into the minds of generations. Not just that, I find the institutional life is stressful to lead to the high rate of suicide and social isolation. As the matter failure is something shameful there, even if not shameful, the status quo leaves a strong inward feeling that it's shameful to be failed, you should work hard and follow the rules because the environment is motivating to keep on working. It's the industrious brand of societies.

Therefore, the Japanese official sphere is struggling to put an to the suicide phenomenon, which I personally consider nonsense that Japanese committing this, as they live up their enormous accomplishments, which make their totally perfect in comparison to other societies that could barely secure enough sources for their peoples.  

In this context, Germany applied the same approach, its gates are welcoming various cultures to take place. But, Germans still have a solid attitude towards maintaining their values whatever the globalization brings in. Shortly after WWII, Germany followed up a policy based on openness strategy, which peaked with its educational and research efforts that significantly and unprecedentedly opened its gates since the 1980s and onward bringing in new knowledge and academic experiences which are being emerged with the German scientific ground. This what Germany wants; sophistication in many fields leaving the free choice to the domestic cultures whether to be globalized and catch up with new values. Germany asserts on diversity. 

Regarding other societies, I could find Egypt has a chance to upgrade with many things if the syndrome of democracy, as the dictatorships find, is interpreted and then applied in another way. I can't touch upon a reality of globalizing democracy though, in such societies, it seems to me, they are totally being changed and noticeably receiving lots of things within their communities, but in regards to democracy, human rights, pluralism ... etc, not at all!

These values must be globalized in such societies as they are very significant to revive them and get them out of these closed domains under this authoritarianism. Thus, Egypt is plagued by this, even flagrantly by corruption and international debts. As a result, the development process is at snail pace, nothing new in terms of development. The sociocultural landscape is receptive and conducive to change; however, religious values seemingly have no way to be changed as the Egyptian society has been religious where religious mainstream has been influential. 

Arriving at Mexico, I could argue over by saying that Mexico has a very golden chance to get rid of obstructive dilemmas have been hovering over for many decades. There are brave attempts to get the country out of the cycle of corruption, violence which is really terrible and concerns the international community. This issue led the current U.S. president Donald Trump to convince his voters and administration that Mexican migration movement to the USA poses a threat warning of their crimes. So he asked for build a wall at the borders with Mexico to curb it. Indeed, reading about the poverty rate and the inability of the government to come up with a strong policy of containment, left the country messed up!

I think Mexico could survive even more with strenuous efforts by taking advantage of its strategic agreements with the U.S.A and Canada; as well as, by opening up horizons with the outside world.

Finally, what I could express about San peoples, it's a very interesting case study with globalization, as they are almost out of reach in this, it might be a chance to experience globalization and change their situation to be better off. I can't be sure if those people really want to see how their societies turning upside down eliminating everything they used to live with! 

Undoubtedly, this change would bring up new phenomenon to this world if globalization swept these societies in Africa which I hope that will end lots of difficulties they are struggling to overcome, like hunger, poverty, crimes, so on and so forth. 

Finally, I believe that change could bring the better, and building a global society open to a myriad of paradigms from the world over to be collected into the same place, is a solid solution for many dilemmas and fill the gaps. Seriously though, I touched upon how Bedouin community, a small group has special nomadic lifestyle, in my area Palestine and in Israel when they began interacting with the modern societies surrounding them especially in Israel, which is a westernized country, where some of them have totally different lifestyles now, to the degree that it's incredible how their life became something new, so living at shacks and tents with camels and cattle not anymore!