These
words are backed up by Weltanschauungen. The Anglo-Saxon "globalisation"
and the French "mondialisation"
are secularised terms for that which encompasses the world, which in the
Christian view of the world is expressed with the Greek term "oikos":
the world as the common house, the House of God. "oikos" has
three topical dimensions:
Economy: responsible husbandry in production and the fair distribution of
material goods.
Ecology: the responsible use, maintenance and renewal of the natural foundations
of life.
Ecumenism: the responsible community of people and peoples with different
religions and cultures.
This
expresses a basically positive attitude towards the overall view of this planet
as "One World", provided that this idea is dealt with responsibly.
Globalisation
must be aspired to if it involves an attempt to understand
the world as One Mankind and One Ecosystem and their interdependence, and to
make it fertile for a dignified life for everyone with a fair share for
everyone.
Globalisation
must be rejected if it involves an attempt to
reduce the world's multiplicity to one standardised economic, cultural and
political model, which is created by only a few agents, and in which the
economy has priority over any other sphere of life and action.