Jihad and McWorld
by Begoña Pérez Hernández
1. Jihad
1.1. attacks:
1.2. interdependence
1.3. social cooperation
1.4. commerce
1.5. growth
2. The author makes reference to 2 contrasts
2.1. a part of the world is disapearing, and being separated
2.2. the other one is being unified and uniformed.
3. Jihad
3.1. is also:
3.2. the fight against:
3.3. unification
3.4. integration
3.5. modernity
3.6. globalization
3.7. technology
4. "Jihad"
4.1. means:
4.1.1. Struggle
5. Jihad offers
5.1. a sense of community
5.2. citizen participation
5.3. union
5.4. reconstruction
5.5. isolation
5.6. but also
5.7. isolation from the rest of the world, as the other part is growing and being globalized
6. The author thinks that the Jihad offers
6.1. solidarity and protection of identities
6.2. but it will cost
6.3. tolerance and stablility
7. Thanks to the Jihad, different forms of anti-democratization can arise
7.1. for example, anarchy
8. Jihad communities are protected from wars, as they are
8.1. isolated
8.1.1. from the rest of the world
9. According to the author, the world is moving towards anarchy
10. Both tendencies
10.1. oppose each other.
10.1.1. but ironically, both of them take place at the same moment in the same country.
10.2. do not give hope to:
10.2.1. grow
10.2.2. be democratic
11. McWorld
11.1. is the homogenous world
11.1.1. caused by:
11.1.2. media
11.1.3. commerce
11.1.4. power
11.1.5. technology
11.1.6. information worldwide
11.2. Markets are now able to:
11.2.1. grow internationally
11.2.2. trade products to other countries
11.2.3. make deals with other corporations that helps them to grow
11.3. Needs from others to survive. Ex:
11.3.1. slaves need their king/master to survive, and viceversa.
11.4. is also
11.4.1. development
11.4.2. growth
11.4.3. globalization
11.4.4. uniform
12. Prosperity
12.1. needs from:
12.2. "open societies"
13. For democracy to keep being alive in the McWorld,
13.1. politics will be needed.
14. Nationalism was before a
14.1. way of integration, to keep peoplw, culture and ways of life together..
14.2. but it became
14.3. a force to divide, thanks to a battle, which separated coutries.
15. McWorld needs
15.1. human rights
15.1.1. but not
15.1.1.1. citizenship