Symbolic Capital

A countries power and domination can be viewed through symbolic capital. Symbolic capital can be language, clothes, stores and ideology. When one country's culture can be seen in another culture their power is also visible. An example of this can be seen when a powerful country speaks one language and eventually this language becomes dominate around the world. The dominant language displays the country's large amount of symbolic capital. A countries cultural "reach" is another way to view symbolic capital. American businesses like McDonalds are all over the globe. This displays the United States large symbolic capital reach. This is present in the one and unequal ideology of World Literature by Franco Moretti.