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Topographies of Globalization - Politics, Culture and Language (Paperback)
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Topographies of Globalization - Politics, Culture and Language (Paperback)
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The term 'globalization' has been used to describe the
intensification of cross-border flows - whether in the realm of
ideas, culture, finance/trade, or human mobility. Like many other
vital ideas, such as nationalism and modernization, globalization
is fraught with controversy. But no matter where one stands, it is
a site of an ongoing intellectual endeavor of definition,
interpretation and redefinition - a contested terrain that
continues to have profound, if unequal, impact on people's lives
around the world. Given the inherent tension between the global and
local, this phenomenon is perhaps more accurately explained by the
conceptual hybrid 'globalization'. The diverse contributions in
this volume are an attempt to come to grips with some of the
implications of this process by problematizing and engaging it. It
grew out of an interdisciplinary conference on globalization held
at the University of Iceland in late autumn 2002 as part of an
international research project co-ordinated by GERM (Groupe
d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Mondialisations), involving a
large group of academics, universities, and institutions. The
volume emphasizes specific aspects of the globalization debate:
politics, culture, gender, and language/translation. One focus -
articulated among others by Zygmunt Bauman - is on the
reconfigurations of political power relationships between the West
and the Rest, the 'war on terror' and conflict resolution, whether
in the name of peacekeeping, nation-building or identity changes.
Another theme involves the problematization of the culture concept,
its place in the public domain, and the redefinition of identities
as a result of globalization. A third aspect deals with attempts to
illuminate how globalization processes may deepen gender, class and
race inequalities in the absence of binding rules and collective
social responsibility. Finally, the focus is on the changing
attitudes toward language/translation in a heavily mediatized and
accelerated world.
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