According to Giddens, “globalization is identified as the intensification of worldwide social relations which links distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa.” (Giddens, 1990). This quote shows how the world has become a single place that is connected in one way or another. Globalization as a concept refers to “the compression of the world and intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole… both concrete global interdependence and consciousness of the global whole in the 20th century” (Robertson, 1992. This dominance has caused some national groups to fight back against globalization and the evil they believe it introduces (Godfrey, 2008). In the words of Peter Evans, “Products and ideas developed in rich countries shape the value and ideas of citizens of poor countries” (Evans, 1971, 638) As technology and science developed in the west, other regions of the world started borrowing this technology and thus the ideas and values that originated in the west became the standards of the whole world.
Cultural imperialism is one of the dominant faces of the west. This illustrates the cultural dominance of the West over the rest of the world.
Some effects of globalization can be seen through, for example, wearing Adidas clothing, listening to iPods, watching Western television series, eating McDonalds, drinking Starbucks or Coca Cola, and even speaking a language that includes Americanized English slang (Godfrey, 2008). For them, globalization is a nightmare that is happening in the present and will continue for generations. Talking about the positive or negative effect of globalization, some see it as a power that destroys the heritage and culture of different ethnic groups around the world. With advances in technology and communications, the world becomes deterritorialized (Robertson, 1996), the constraints of geography shrink and the world becomes more singular and unified (Waters, 2011). The world today has become very different from what it was previously, because of globalization. Globalization is defined as the elimination of barriers to trade, communication, and cultural exchange. Therefore, to explore the effects of globalization on nationalism and to address their relationship, this essay is going to look at the concepts of globalization and nationalism, how both concepts come to interact with each other, and what the key aspects are of this interaction. However, others would say that nationalism is benefiting from globalization and is becoming more important than ever. As a matter of fact, nationalism has had a great deal of difficulty surviving in this world, and some would argue that it has become less important. Their importance lies in the creation of modern societies and nation-states, and their role in a world in which interdependence has increased.
Both concepts have an important position in our contemporary world. Globalization, nationalism, and the relations between them have been the subjects of debate among scholars in the international relations discipline.
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