The novel shows globalization’s inevitability narrated through evolutionary metaphor

Evidence

The story of Lieutenant Grange is nothing but the story of Anyman in a vacant moment whereof the true occurrences are the vast metamorphoses of nature (the turn of the seasons, the sullen erosion of rock to sand, the woodland murmurs of sprouting and decay), and the miniscule transformations within a single body — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 21 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Modernity is inherently globalising, and the unsettling consequences of this phenomenon combine with the circularity of its reflexive character to form a universe of events in which risk and hazard take on a novel character. The globalising tendencies of modernity are simultaneously extensional and intensional—they connect individuals to large-scale systems as part of complex dialectics of change at both local and global poles. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 409 (#expands, via linked claim)

But cultural information is not encoded in DNA and, for the longest time, biologists drew a line in the sand with “biological” evolution on one side, and “cultural” evolution on the other. Now that line is disappearing. — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 493 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The global novel both exposes and risks reproducing globalization’s assumptions; The novel relocates real event from human action to natural and bodily change — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 21; The boundary between biological and cultural evolution is dissolving — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 493 (+1 more)

Related

• The novel relocates real event from human action to natural and bodily change (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• The novel relocates real event from human action to natural and bodily change #exemplifies (0.80) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 21
• Modernity’s globalising tendencies connect individuals to large-scale systems #expands (0.80) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 409
• The boundary between biological and cultural evolution is dissolving #expands (0.75) — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 493
• The global novel both exposes and risks reproducing globalization’s assumptions #expands (0.70)