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Title The cultures of globalization / edited by Fredric Jameson and Masao Miyoshi
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 1998

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Description xvii, 393 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Post-contemporary interventions
Post-contemporary interventions.
Contents I. Globalization and philosophy. Beyond Eurocentrism : the world-system and the limits of modernity / Enrique Dussel -- Globalization, civilization processes, and the relocation of languages and cultures / Walter D. Mignolo -- Notes on globalization as a philosophical issue / Fredric Jameson. II. Alternative localities. Global fragments : a second Latinamericanism / Alberto Moreiras -- Toward a regional imaginary in Africa / Manthia Diawara -- Negotiating African culture : toward a decolonization of the fetish / Ioan Davies -- The end of free states : on transnationalization of culture / Subramani -- Is there an alternative to (capitalist) globalization? : the debate about modernity in China / Liu Kang
III. Culture and the nation. Globalization and culture : navigating the void / Geeta Kapur -- Nations and literatures in the age of globalization / Paik Nak-chung -- Media in a capitalist culture / Barbara Trent -- "Globalization," culture, and the university / Masao Miyoshi. IV. Consumerism and ideology. Dollarization, fragmentation, and God / Sherif Hetata -- Social movements and global capitalism / Leslie Sklair -- "Environmental justice" (local and global) / Jona Martinez-Alier -- What's green and makes the environment go round? / David Harvey -- Free trade and free market : pretense and practice / Noam Chomsky -- In place of a conclusion / Masao Miyoshi
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Cultural relations.
Culture.
Globalization.
International economic relations.
Author Jameson, Fredric.
Miyoshi, Masao.
LC no. 97044373
ISBN 0822321572
0822321696
9780822321576
9780822321699