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Overview"What is cultural imperialism? What are the arguments made by critics and apologists of recent well-documented efforts at American global cultural domination? How is cultural imperialism related to neo-liberalism and globalization? Is cultural imperialism a one-way process, or is it inherently recursive, involving many possible reverse cultural flows? How is American, and more broadly Anglo-Western, cultural imperialism revealed in specific cultural institutions, processes, and recent geopolitical global developments, including: the Hollywood motion picture industry and the culturally-homogenizing influence of powerful Western cultural and media industries; the battle over the ""hearts and minds"" of the masses during the US-led ""War on Terrorism""; the neo-liberal attack on the humanities; GATS agreements on trade liberalization and the commodification of education; the forced imposition of World Bank-initiated ""good governance"" regimes in developing countries; and the current human catastrophe we are experiencing from our seemingly inevitable move toward global ecological destruction? These are some of the many questions answered by the authors in this book. Critical thinking on cultural imperialism now cuts across many academic disciplines and subfields of interdisciplinary study. This is clearly reflected in the contents of the current book, which offers a diverse range of essays on the state of current research, knowledge, and global political action and debate on cultural imperialism. These 19 chapters, written by authors coming from many fields of interest and geographical backgrounds, provide compelling evidence of the close connection between cultural imperialism and the global power structure and the political and economic objectives behind current American attempts at global domination. However, as several of the chapters also show, cultural imperialism is certainly, historically, not an American invention, and it will probably long outlive the current American Empire." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bernd Hamm , Russell SmandychPublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Edition: 3rd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9781551117072ISBN 10: 155111707 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 01 February 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of Contents"Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Part 1: Defining Cultural Imperialism Introduction Chapter 1. Cultural Imperialism and Its Critics: Rethinking Cultural Domination and Resistance, Russell Smandych Chapter 2. Cultural Imperialism: The Political Economy of Cultural Domination, Bernd Hamm Part 2: Cultural Imperialism: History and Future Introduction Chapter 3. Cultural Imperialism: A Short History, Future, and a Postscript from the Present, Susantha Goonatilake Chapter 4. Imperialism as a Theory of the Future, Ashis Nandy Chapter 5. Cynical Science: Science and Truth as Cultural Imperialism, Bernd Hamm Part 3: Media Imperialism and Cultural Politics Introduction Chapter 6. Legitimating Domination: Notes on the Changing Face of Cultural Imperialism, Katharine Sarikakis Chapter 7. Content Industries and Cultural Diversity: The Case of Motion Pictures, Christoph Germann Chapter 8. Cultural Imperialism, State's Power, and Civic Activism in and Beyond Cyberspace: Asia's Newly Industrializing Economies (NIEs) in Comparative Perspective, On-kwok Lai Chapter 9. Media Transmitted Values Transfer: The US at ""War Against Terrorism"" and its Implications for the Information Society, Elvira Classen Part 4: Neo-Liberalism, Globalization, and Cultural Imperialism Introduction Chapter 10. Neo-Liberalism and the Attack on the Humanities: The New Social Science of Cultural Imperialism, Herbert Schui Chapter 11. The Role of GATS in the Commodification of Education, Christoph Scherrer Chapter 12. From White Man's Burden to Good Governance: Economic Liberalization and the Commodification of Law and Ethics, D. Parthasarathy Chapter 13. Deradicalization and the Defeat of the Feminist Movement: The Case of the Philippines, Sheilfa B. Alojamiento Part 5: Linguistic and Ecological Imperialism Introduction Chapter 14. Analyzing and Resisting Linguistic Imperialism, Fritz Vilmar Chapter 15. Protection of the World's Linguistic and Ecological Diversity: Two Sides of the Same Coin, Hermann H. Dieter Chapter 16. Eco-Imperialism as an Aspect of Cultural Imperialism, Gustav W. Sauer and Bernd Hamm Part 6: Postcolonialism and Cultural Imperialism Introduction Chapter 17. The Cultural Imperialism of Law, Russell Smandych Chapter 18. Enrique Dussel and Ali Shari'ati on Cultural Imperialism, Abbas Manoochehri Chapter 19. Redefining Cultural Imperialism and the Dynamics of Culture Contacts, Biyot K. Tripathy Index"ReviewsThis book offers a diverse range of essays on the state of current research, knowledge, and global political action and debate on cultural imperialism. [...] the material in this text comes from around the globe, and these local stories aptly demonstrate that it is the logic of capitalism, especially in its neo-liberal form, which is shaping market, state, and culture to support it. The chapters in this text repeatedly point out that the assault on non-capitalist cultures has been relentless, insidious, ingenious, and imperial. It is also shown to be extremely dangerous because it encourages a way of life that not only creates inequality, human suffering, and desperation but is also unsustainable. [...] This work provides each of us with an opportunity to reevaluate the emphasis that we place on the political, economic dimensions of human society and to reaffirm the central place of culture in our understanding of human affairs. It makes an excellent multidisciplinary contribution to the political economy literature.--Rodney Kueneman, University of Manitoba This book offers a diverse range of essays on the state of current research, knowledge, and global political action and debate on cultural imperialism. <p> Author InformationBernd Hamm is Professor of Sociology, Jean Monnet Professor of European Studies, and UNESCO Chair in Europe in a Global Perspective at the University of Trier, Germany. Russell Smandych is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. 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