▁ ▁Pers pect ives ▁ ▁Hy brid ization ▁ ▁Many ▁writers ▁suggest ▁that ▁cultural ▁global ization ▁is ▁a ▁long - term ▁historical ▁process ▁of ▁bringing ▁different ▁cult ures ▁into ▁inter relation . ▁Jan ▁Pi eter se ▁suggested ▁that ▁cultural ▁global ization ▁involves ▁human ▁integration ▁and ▁hy brid ization , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁to ▁detect ▁cultural ▁mixing ▁across ▁contin ents ▁and ▁regions ▁going ▁back ▁many ▁centuries . ▁They ▁refer , ▁for ▁example , ▁to ▁the ▁movement ▁of ▁religious ▁practices , ▁language ▁and ▁culture ▁brought ▁by ▁Spanish ▁colon ization ▁of ▁the ▁Amer icas . ▁The ▁Indian ▁experience , ▁to ▁take ▁another ▁example , ▁reve als ▁both ▁the ▁pl ural ization ▁of ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁cultural ▁global ization ▁and ▁its ▁long - term ▁history . ▁The ▁work ▁of ▁such ▁cultural ▁histor ians ▁qual ifies ▁the ▁line age ▁of ▁writers — pred omin antly ▁econom ists ▁and ▁soci olog ists — who ▁trace ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁global ization ▁to ▁recent ▁capital ism , ▁facil itated ▁through ▁techn ological ▁adv ances . ▁ ▁Hom ogen ization ▁ ▁An ▁alternative ▁perspective ▁on ▁cultural ▁global ization ▁emphas izes ▁the ▁trans fig uration ▁of ▁world wide ▁divers ity ▁into ▁a ▁pan demic ▁of ▁Western ized ▁consumer ▁culture . ▁Some ▁critics ▁argue ▁that ▁the ▁domin ance ▁of ▁American ▁culture ▁influen cing ▁the ▁entire ▁world ▁will ▁ultimately ▁result ▁in ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁cultural ▁divers ity . ▁Such ▁cultural ▁global ization ▁may ▁lead ▁to ▁a ▁human ▁mon oc ulture . ▁This ▁process , ▁understood ▁as ▁cultural ▁imperial ism , ▁is