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Why Globalization Matters - Engaging with Theory (Hardcover)
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Why Globalization Matters - Engaging with Theory (Hardcover)
Series: Rethinking Globalizations
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In what are generally understood as unsettled times, this book
explores the possibility and desirability of bringing integrated
theory back into globalization research. While there can hardly be
a single and all-encompassing 'grand theory' of
globalization-in-itself, is there scope for the development of a
general and systematic approach to globalization dynamics, past and
present? In other words, can theorizations of the global be
holistic and integrative, taking place in tandem with
methodological frameworks that consider the contradictory and
uneven layering of different transnational practices across all
social relations? Is it possible to develop a general and
integrated approach to globalization that links theory and practice
in a socially engaged way, and is it desirable to do so? Many
relevant academic and non-academic developments suggest not. For
example, the postmodernist turn at the end of the last century
expressed a profound 'incredulity' toward 'grand narratives' in the
social sciences and humanities. A decade later, some neo-Marxist
critics condemned the 'follies of globalization theory'. More
recently, the 'post-truth' interventions of national populists
suggest not only that 'globalism' is the political enemy but also
that attempts to understand its patterns and manifestations are
relative or irrelevant. Taking Manfred Steger and Paul James'
acclaimed book Globalization Matters as a back-drop against which
to interrogate these issues, contributors from a variety of
disciplinary, analytical and normative standpoints deliver a
thoughtful and much needed assessment of the scholarship of
globalization and the ways it is theorized. The chapters in this
book were originally published as a special issue of the journal
Globalizations.
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