Where Do I Fit? My Place in the Global Community
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 213
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The reality of our times is instant global connectivity in all areas of human endeavor. We are truly a global village within which humanity, in all its diversities, lives much closer together and share much more in common than ever before. The quantum advances in technology has revolutionized all aspects of life and created a ‘next-door neighbor’ quality characterizing different cultures.
Never was this made more true than in the winter of 2020 when the virus struck! Officially named SARS-COV-2, the coronavirus spread around the world and literally shut down every nation! Cities, towns, villages and hamlets all over the world came to a standstill; knockdowns became the norm. The pandemic became the one true, global event that gave meaning, once and for all, to the fact that on many levels the world marches in lock step. The world can no longer afford to think and act solely locally. The continuation of our very existence requires that everyone, young or old, must think in global terms.
We assembled this book to enable young minds receive their education with a healthy dose of global awareness. More importantly, we wanted people to be comfortable with their place in a global community in all its diversity, cherishing its multicultural endowments. Just as much, we wanted students to be aware of and confront continuing differences among cultures that have led, in certain instances, to xenophobia, narrow nationalism, ethnic chauvinism, and ever widening economic disparities within and among nations
As we continue to grapple with the continuing connectivity and interdependencies of the global system, one burning question that continues to get asked is the nature and character of these interdependencies: is globalism good for all? How do we tackle its unpredictability? Are we all benefiting from the interactions of this globalized world? These questions undergird the ultimate question: Where do I fit In?
Where Do I Fit In? My Place in the Global Community comprises essays arranged in four sections: Part I: The Global Past; Part II: The Global Present; Part III: The Global Marketplace; and Part IV: Future Global Trends.
Preface
PART I The GLOBAL PAST
Ch 1 Gold, God, Glory…Globalization
PART II The GLOBAL PRESENT
Ch 2 The Politics of Globalization
Ch 3 The Imperatives of Globalism
Ch 4 On the Margins of the Global Village
Ch 5 Theorizing Women’s Access to Power
Ch 6 Literature and the Global Society
Ch 7 I am not Your Minority
Ch 8 Where is the Globalized Me?
Ch 9 Transnational Crime
Ch 10 Science Directions
Ch 11 National Security and the Globalization of the American University
Ch 12 Global Migration as a Human Development Goal
Ch 13 The Global Dimensions of Ideological Conflict
PART III The GLOBAL MARKETPLACE
Ch 14 Overview of the Global Economy
PART IV FUTURE GLOBAL TRENDS
Ch 15 Global Trends
Ch 16 Our Future World
Dr. Akwasi P. Osei is currently Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Delaware State University. He was the long-time Chairperson of the Department of History, Political Science and Philosophy; he is also the Director of the Global Societies Program at DSU. His areas of expertise are Africa in the international system, the African diaspora, and global studies. Dr. Osei is the Series Editor for Society and Politics in Africa at Peter Lang Publishers, Inc.
Dr. F. Odun Balogun is a retired Professor of English at Delaware State University; he has taught previously at the University of Benin in Nigeria and at Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA. He has many publications to his credit, including two books of literary criticism, Tradition and Modernity in the African Short Story (1991) and Ngugi and African Postcolonial Narrative (1997); an award-winning book of short stories, Adjusted Lives (1995); and over forty book chapters and journal essays.