How much globalization can we bear?

How much globalization can we bear?

by Safranski, Rüdiger

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According to current deabtes, 'individualization' has frequently been proposed as the conceptual counterpart to 'globalization'. It has often seemed that nothing would be left once these processes have fully unfolded, other than individual human atoms dispersed on a globe without any political, economic or cultural structures. Regardless of whether this description is based on any good and valid observation, nobody drew the conclusion that suddenly emerges as evident after reading Rudiger Safra…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :How much globalization can we bear? / Ru·diger Safranski ; translated by Patrick Camiller.

Summary

According to current deabtes, 'individualization' has frequently been proposed as the conceptual counterpart to 'globalization'. It has often seemed that nothing would be left once these processes have fully unfolded, other than individual human atoms dispersed on a globe without any political, economic or cultural structures. Regardless of whether this description is based on any good and valid observation, nobody drew the conclusion that suddenly emerges as evident after reading Rudiger Safranski's lucid and timely exploration of the issue: globalization, if it occurs, means a rad.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2005

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Polity Press
  • Place of Publication:Cambridge, England
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2005

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (98 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780745683461, 0745683460
  • oclc:ocn868971878
  • LC Classification:JZ1318
  • Dewey Decimal:327

Table of Contents

Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface: Understanding Globalization -- Between Sociology and Philosophy; 1 First Nature, Second Nature; 2 Globalization; 3 Globalism; 4 Making Enemies; 5 World Peace?; 6 The Global and the Other Totality; 7 The Individual and the Immune System; 8 Jungle and Clearing; 9 False Glows; 10 Creating Space; Notes; Index.

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