After Globalization

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Explore the thought-provoking text *After Globalization*, where authors Eric Cazdyn and Imre Szeman challenge the dominant narrative surrounding globalization and its effects on society. This critical book invites readers to reconsider the inevitability of globalization and envision a world beyond it. With insights into capitalism's current state and its historical context, this engaging work addresses key themes such as economy, morality, and future possibilities. Perfect for scholars and those interested in the socio-economic landscape, *After Globalization* is a must-read for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of modern global issues. Published by John Wiley & Sons in 2013, this brand-new book boasts 258 insightful pages designed to provoke thoughtful discussions among economists, journalists, and everyday readers alike. Dive into a compelling critique of contemporary thought and discover new pathways toward imagining a future that transcends the traditional bounds of capitalism. Shipping for this item is free, and please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Note that once your order is placed, it cannot be canceled.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

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ISBN: 9781118357521
Year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 258


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AFTER GLOBALIZATION


?Relentlessly, remorselessly, endlessly, we are told there is no alternative to globalization, whether our lecturers are bourgeois economists, progressive journalists, or imaginative litterateurs. Eric Cazdyn and Imre Szeman dare to go beyond the standard thinking of the day and query the very heart of mobile capital and its impact on daily life. Their alternative vision breathes new life into our sense of evolution and inevitability.?
Toby Miller, author of Globalization and Sport and Global Hollywood

?Cazdyn and Szeman begin with the idea that the current economic crisis has historicized globalization, turning it from a process that looked as inevitable as, say, global warming still does, into an episode in the history of capitalism: hence the possibility not just of more globalization but of an ?after globalization.? And hence also, they argue, the renewed possibility of an ?after capitalism.? In powerful critiques of what they describe as the common sense of capital today they sketch out the terms in which changes more radical than substituting generous and honest leaders for the greedy and dishonest ones we?ve currently got might begin to be imagined.?
Walter Benn Michaels, University of Illinois at Chicago

In lively and unflinching prose, Eric Cazdyn and Imre Szeman argue that contemporary thought about the world is disabled by a fatal flaw: the inability to think ?an after? to globalization. After establishing seven theses (on education, morality, nation, future, history, capitalism, and common sense) that challenge the false promises that su

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