Metaphors of Globalization Mirrors, Magicians and Mutinies

, by Kornprobst, Markus; Pouliot, Vincent; Shah, Nisha; Zaiotti, Ruben

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ISBN: 9780230522268 | 0230522262
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/15/2008

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This book inquires into the power and politics of metaphors in the making of our globalizing era. The approach is multidisciplinary, with case studies in global finance, global governance, literary theory, political theory, anthropology, and sociology.

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Notes on Contributors	p. xi
Introduction: Mirrors, Magicians and Mutinies of Globalization	p. 1
Mirrors
Closed Fist, Empty Hand or Open Hand? Globalization and Historical Analogies	p. 19
Reflexive Mirror: Everything Takes Place As If Threats Were Going Global	p. 34
Mutiny or Mirror? Politicizing the Limit/Ethics of the Tobin Tax	p. 50
Bridging Commonsense: Pragmatic Metaphors and the 'Schengen Laboratory'	p. 66
Magicians
Do Metaphors of Globalization Destroy the Public Service?	p. 83
In Paradise: Metaphors of Money-Laundering Brighten up the Dark Side of Globalization	p. 98
Waging Wars in Iraq: The Metaphoric Constitution of Wars and Enemies	p. 114
Technology as Metaphor: Tropes of Construction, Destruction and Instruction in Globalization	p. 130
Mutinies
Conceptualizing Global Organization: From Rhizome to E = mc[superscript 2] in Becoming Post-Human	p. 149
Imagining the Future: Globalization, Post-Modernism and Criticism	p. 167
Beyond Sovereignty and the State of Nature: Metaphorical Readings of Global Order	p. 184
Where is 'The Fork in the Road'? Over the Horizon! An Inquiry into the Failure of UN Reform	p. 203
Conclusions
Commentary	p. 223
Conclusion: Metaphors We Globalize By	p. 237
Bibliography	p. 253
Index	p. 281
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