Thinkers and Theorists
Thinkers and Theorists are essential to discuss in any essay you write for your studies of this Elective in particular. As Elective 3 is a sociocultural study, it demonstrates that you've actually 'navigated' your own reality in order to investigate the complex ideas that are within our world at present. Referencing a theorist relevant to your texts and argument really gives the essay integrity, sophistication and credibility.
This list of Thinkers and Theorists was a resource made available at the ETA HSC Study Day 2012 for Extension 1 English (Elective 3: Navigating the Global)
This list of Thinkers and Theorists was a resource made available at the ETA HSC Study Day 2012 for Extension 1 English (Elective 3: Navigating the Global)
Jean Francois Lyotard
- French cultural theorist/philosopher, mini narratives etc. He questions the ultimate benefits to be gained through adherence to the 'worship of 'progress'' which he suggests supresses individuals and local cultures Francis Fukuyama - American social theorist, philosopher who is pro-democracy and free market Mario Vargas Llosa - Social theorist who believed globalisation will not necessarily mean the disappearance of local cultures James Baudrillard - Post-modern theorist, the simulacrum etc. Clifford - In 'The Predicament of Culture' presents the view that the 'roots of tradition throughout the world are being cut and re-tied' and also that many traditions and cultures are begin lost in the process Giddens - In 'Runaway World' 1999, argued that globalisation has caused a rupture in family values around the globe. He also argues on a positive note that globalisation has also caused the revival of local cultural identities Geoffrey Sacks - Global economist who believes the world must keep its population down |
Frederick Jameson
- 1991, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, who described postmodernism, as the 'spacialisation' of world culture under the pressure of organised capitalism Hamid K. Babha - Post-colonial theorist, wrote The Complexity of the Modern Movement Thomas Friedman - Current theorist with website, speeches, articles etc. David Suzuki - Social Theorist Marshall McMuhan - The Global Village, about interconnectedness Douglas Kellner - Speeches etc. on globalisation Naomi Klein - Website Nologo, book of same name, recent podcast Noam Chomsky - Canadian human rights proponent, theorist on justice gobalism David Harvey - Post-modern theorist who believes that post-modern thinking has brought an emphasis on 'community and locality, place and regional resistances... and its concern for the complexity and nuances of interest, cultures, places and the like'. |
Bill Gates
- Entrepreneur J Hawley - Post-colonial and Global Studies (2008) Edward Said - Palestinian/American literary and post-colonial theorist, wrote Orientalism Imre Szeman - Global theorist Ashcroft, Griffinths and Tiffin - The Empire Writes Back social theorists, believe that globalisation is a form of dominance of the first world economies over third world workers Arjun Appadurai - Social cultural theorist, anthropologist who coined the phrase 'the global/social imaginary' Foucault - Postmodern theorist who believes society needs to change its values rather than structures. He argues for a form of political resistance to global capitalism Thomas Wire - Environmentalist and theorist, need for global population control Roland Robertson - Coined "Glocalisation" as answer to the problems of Globalisation. It involves the managed meeting of the growing global arena with local, everyday life. The goal is to ensure a stable, globalised and integrated world, while also protecting cultural heritage of local areas. |