interdisciplinary Study on the New Stage of Globalization in Asia

本研究考察了全球化、全球化进程、国家政治文化变迁以及地方文化和生活变迁的三个维度。我们的重点放在亚洲国家在最近快速全球化进程中的日常生活和文化方面。为了掌握当地人民对全球化的各种影响的反应，在亚洲各国进行了实地研究。我们发现，全球化的影响在亚洲任何国家都是显著的，但对这一进程的反应比预期的要多样化得多。通过电视、卡拉ok、DVD和互联网等信息工具传播的对世界流行文化的同化过程，即使在非常偏远的亚洲农村社会也很明显。另一方面，从民族国家层面来看，许多亚洲国家的政治努力强调一个国家的价值观和文化，这并不一定是不成功的，因为不少财富和地位竞争的失败者可能会在这些呼吁中找到一些同伴，回顾民族自豪感和传统。亚洲一些新兴的宗教运动也确实抓住了社会上不满的人的心。

This Research investigated three-fold dimensions of the Global ization, the process of globalization, changes in national political culture and also changes in local culture and life. Our emphasis was put on the aspects of everyday life and culture in Asian countries in the process of recent rapidglobalization. Field studies were conducted in various countries in Asia in order to grasp responses of local people to the various influences of glogalization. We found that the influence of globalization was eminent in any country in Asia, however the responses to the process were much diversified than expected. The process of assimilation to world pop cultures delivered by such information tools as TV, Karaoke, DVD and internets are eminent in even very remote rural societies in Asia. One the other hand, looking from the nation state level, many Asian polities endeavored to stress values and cultures of a nation, which is not necessary unsuccessful as not a few losers of competition for wealth and status are likely to find some consort in these calls for looking backward to national pride and tradition. It is also true that some new religious movements in Asia grasp the hearts of discontented people of the society.