Definitions Flashcards
a fast and intense increase in financial interaction among the people, companies, and governments of different nations
Globalization
Christian teachings that combine spirituality with political activism to obtain better conditions for the poor
Liberation Theology
the process by which people, objects, events and other aspects of our surroundings become known to us
Perception
a term used to describe the process by which people put their faith in largely abstract institutions
Dis embedding
an anthropological term used to describe a human organization ruled by a centralized form of government
Nation
making skilled workers obsolete
Deskilling
having international or global influence
Transnational
characterizing the ability to attend selectively to a single persons speech in the midst of the competing speech of many others
Cocktail party phenomenon
the principle, now disproved that all human societies and cultures develop in a regular series of predictable stages
Cultural Evolutionism
measure of each country’s level of social development
SDI
an anthropological term used to describe a human organization ruled by a decentralized form of government
Tribe
the increasing flow of money, as opposed to goods and services
Financialization
the area over which a society has economic and cultural influence
Sphere of Influence
the observation that distinct cultures are no longer firmly attached
Deterritorialization
a dramatic shift in the set of rules and conditions stored in the brain to interpret and understand sensory experience
Paradigm Shift
