Other Globes: Past and Peripheral Imaginations of Globalization (1st ed. 2019) (Palgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society)
By: and and
Sign Up Now!
Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into UK education collection to access this title.
Learn about membership options,
or view our freely available titles.
- Synopsis
- This volume challenges dominant imaginations of globalization by highlighting alternative visions of the globe, world, earth, or planet that abound in cultural, social, and political practice. In the contemporary context of intensive globalization, ruthless geopolitics, and unabated environmental exploitation, these “other globes” offer paths for thinking anew the relations between people, polities, and the planet. Derived from disparate historical and cultural contexts, which include the Holy Roman Empire; late medieval Brabant; the (post)colonial Philippines; early twentieth-century Britain; contemporary Puerto Rico; occupied Palestine; postcolonial Africa and Chile; and present-day California, the past and peripheral globes analyzed in this volume reveal the variety of ways in which the global has been—and might be—imagined. As such, the fourteen contributions underline that there is no neutral, natural, or universal way of inhabiting the global.
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783030149802
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783030149796
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 07/17/19
- Copyrighted By:
- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Simon Ferdinand
- Edited by:
- Irene Villaescusa-Illán
- Edited by:
- Esther Peeren
Reviews
Other Books
- by Simon Ferdinand
- by Irene Villaescusa-Illán
- by Esther Peeren
- in Nonfiction
- in Literature and Fiction
- in Social Studies
- in Language Arts