How much globalization can we bear?

How much globalization can we bear?

by Safranski, Rüdiger

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"In this compelling new book, the philosopher Rudiger Safranski grapples with the pressing problems of the global age: 'Big Brother' states, terrorism, international security and the seeming impossibility of 'world' peace. He suggests that the era of globalization should not be thought of as that epoch in world history in which all human beings will see themselves in the same, indistinct situation. There will always be, Safranski argues, some need for understanding one's own situation by drawin…

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Title Statements

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

Summary

"In this compelling new book, the philosopher Rudiger Safranski grapples with the pressing problems of the global age: 'Big Brother' states, terrorism, international security and the seeming impossibility of 'world' peace. He suggests that the era of globalization should not be thought of as that epoch in world history in which all human beings will see themselves in the same, indistinct situation. There will always be, Safranski argues, some need for understanding one's own situation by drawing boundaries and conceptualizing 'otherness' and individuality."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

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

The Physical Object

  • Description:xiv, 72 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0745633889, 9780745633886, 0745633897, 9780745633893
  • oclc:ocm60838006
  • LC Classification:BD171
  • Dewey Decimal:327

Table of Contents

Understanding globalization : between sociology and philosophy / Peter Wagner -- First nature, second nature -- Globalization -- Globalism -- Making enemies -- World peace? -- The global and the other totality -- The individual and the immune system -- Jungle and clearing -- False glows -- Creating space.

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Subjects

Ekonomisk världsordning -- teori, filos… Globalization -- Philosophy Mondialisation -- Philosophie Världsförsörjning -- teori, filosofi

Writers

Safranski, Rüdiger

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