Follies of Globalisation Theory

Polemical Essays

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

The Follies of Globalisation Theory is an erudite and lively critique arguing that current fashionable preoccupations, such as the concern with spatiality, have generated deep intellectual confusions that stand in the way of a clear understanding of the modern world. It shows how and why these confusions ultimately condemn the globalization theorists themselves to a peculiar and quixotic stance: the more clearly they attempt to articulate their arguments, the more equivocal and evasive those arguments become, yielding at best the intellectual equivalent of an architectural folly.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-02-17
Mått:150 x 193 x 12 mm
Vikt:277 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:218
Förlag:Verso Books
ISBN:9781859843970

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Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

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Justin Rosenberg is Reader in International Relations at the University of Sussex.

Recensioner i media

Polemical essays these are indeed. Rosenberg concentrates his considerable theoretical firepower on three authors, dedicating a chapter to each one. These unlucky souls are Rob Walker, Jan Aart Scholte and Anthony Giddens. Each chapter reconstructs the arguments of the respective author and then sets about dissecting them in a relentless, often mordantly witty manner ... We need more books that engage critically with the avalanche of globalisation texts, and this timely study sets high standards for the essential project of critique, as well as highlighting the continuing relevance of the classical social thinkers.