Is the Hegemonic Position of American Culture able to Subjugate Local Cultures of Importing Countries? A Constructive Analysis on the Phenomenon of Cultural Localization

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ID8856355
AuthorsTien‐hui Chiang (0000-0001-8255-1049, National University of Tainan, corresponding author), Tien-Hui Chiang (National University of Tainan)
Year2014
Volume46
Issue13
Pages1412-1426
Publication date2014-10-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00131857.2014.964164
OpenAlexW2050545515
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited32

It has been argued that globalization assists the USA to gain a hegemonic position, allowing it to export its culture. Because this exportation leads to the domination by American culture of the local cultures of importing countries, which are the key element in sustaining their citizens’ national identity, citizens of these countries are unable to protect state sovereignty from this cultural invasion. In order to prevent a political crisis arising from such an invasion, these countries will adopt the strategy of cultural localization. However, this top-down approach overestimates the influence of hegemonic cultures and, thus, overlooks the dynamic nature of cultural development that is generated by people’s agency. This essay rejects this top-down model by arguing that texts cannot dominate people, and that people influence their existence and value

Agency (philosophy · Constructive · Cultural globalization · Cultural hegemony · Cultural homogenization · Cultural identity · Economics · Element (criminal law · Globalization · Hegemony · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Social science · Sociology · Sovereignty · Value (mathematics · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Law

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