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Author:   Eric Cazdyn (University of Toronto, Canada) ,  Imre Szeman (University of Alberta, Canada)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.549kg
ISBN:  

9781405177948

ISBN 10:   1405177942
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   18 April 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments A Prixecis: The Argument 1 Part I: The Afterlife of Globalization a. Nothing Can Save Us 5 b. From Globalization to Anti-Americanism 9 c. From Anti-Americanism Back to Globalization 15 d. “I face the World as it is”: On Obama 29 e. Of and After: Two Narratives of the Global 34 f. Seven Theses after Globalization 44 g. Something’s Missing 57 Part II: The Limits of Liberalism a. After Globalization, or, Liberalism after Neoliberalism 69 b. Neoliberals Dressed in Black: Richard Florida 77 c. The Anecdotal American: Thomas Friedman 100 d. Confidence Game: Paul Krugman 114 e. The Non-Shock Doctrine: Naomi Klein 134 f. The Limits of Hollywood: Michael Clayton 152 Part III: The Global Generation a. Next Generation 171 b. From Anti-Americanism to Globalization 173 c. A Map of the World 179 d. Biogeographies 207 e. Can’t Get There from Here 218 Conclusion: “Oh, Don’t Ask Why!” 225 Index 239

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Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-divisionundergraduates and above. (Choice, 1 August2012)

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Author Information

Eric Cazdyn is Professor of Cultural and Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis, and East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. He is author of The Flash of Capital: Film and Geopolitics in Japan (2003), editor of Trespasses: Selected Writings of Masao Miyoshi (2010), and author of the forthcoming book, The Already Dead: The New Time of Politics, Culture, and Medicine. Imre Szeman is Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta. He is co-editor of Cultural Theory: An Anthology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), author of Zones of Instability: Literature, Postcolonialism and the Nation (2003), and co-author of Popular Culture: A User’s Guide (2nd. ed. 2009).

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