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"In one way or another, these texts account for a turning from the world, and celebrate the local, sometimes, perhaps, sentimentally" How compelling do you find the "retreat from the global" as a response to a difficult world?

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Have a little read: ... "In one way or another, these texts account for a turning from the world, and celebrate the local, sometimes, perhaps, sentimentally" How compelling do you find the "retreat from the global" as a response to a difficult world? The concept of "retreat from the global" is one that has caught the minds of many authors, scriptwriters and academics alike. For the past thirty years, the issue has been debated regarding the direction of our society, with its ever increasing global problems and developing technologies, is turning: Back to the local, or to the homogenising global. "The Castle" portrays this way of thinking, of the retreat from the global, in a comprehensible manner that is easy to watch. Through humour and drama, the audience is introduced to certain issues and a sentimental view of the local is put forward. In this way, the responder is positioned to perceive the matter of

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