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Globalization (Hinduism)

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Synonyms

Deterritorialization; Internationalization; Proliferation; Universalization

Definition

Globalization is a term referring to a process of growing cultural and economic exchange between the world’s different countries, especially in terms of goods and products, people, money, information, and thoughts and ideas [1, 25]. This definition underlines the fluid and dynamic nature of the world we live in: the world does not consist of static entities relating solely to one place, one society, one history, one culture, or one system. In terms of culture, globalization involves a process of disembedding [17], detraditionalization, or delinking [18].

Globalization Has Universal Implications

Since the 1980s, studies of globalization have been a dominant feature of many different disciplines whose central focus is culture. These disciplines include sociology, political science, philosophy, history, anthropology, and religious studies, most of which refer to globalization as an important...

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  1. Department of the Study of Religion, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger

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  1. Dept of Anthropology, The University of North Texas Dept of Anthropology, Denton, TX, USA

    Pankaj Jain

  2. The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Rita Sherma

  3. Jamia Millia Islamia, Centre for the Study of Comparative Reli Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

    Madhu Khanna

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Fibiger, M.Q. (2020). Globalization (Hinduism). In: Jain, P., Sherma, R., Khanna, M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1036-5_500-1

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