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The Follies of Globalisation Theory: Polemical Essays

The Follies of Globalisation Theory: Polemical Essays

by JustinRosenberg (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

The Follies of Globalisation Theory is an erudite and lively critique arguing that fashionable preoccupations with spatiality have generated deep intellectual confusions that stand in the way of a clear understanding of the modern world. And he shows how these confusions ultimately condemn globalisation theorists to a peculiar and quixotic stance: the more clearly they attempt to articulate their arguments, the more equivocal and evasive those arguments become, yielding at best the intellectual equivalent of an architectural folly.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 218
 Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 12 Sep 2002
ISBN 10: 1859843972
ISBN 13: 9781859843970

Media Reviews
Polemical essays these are indeed. Rosenberg concentrates his considerable theoretical firepower on three authors, dedicati9ng a chapter to each one. These unlucky souls are Rob Walker, Jan Aart Scholte and Anthony Giddens. Each chapter reconstructs the arguments of the respective author and then sets about dissectuing them in a relentless, often mordantly witty manner ... We need more books that engage critically with the avalanche of globalisation texts, and this timely study sets high standards for the essential project of critique, as well as highlighting the continuing relevance of classical social thinkers. - International Affairs This book ... will add to the ranks of those who have come to expect work of the highest quality from Rosenberg and have not felt disappointed. - Achin Vanaik Rosenberg takes issue with both the historical context - arguing that contemporary changes in the nation-state system attributed to globalisation had begun well before the advent of capitalism - and the internal logic of the analyses - arguing that contentions that globalisation explains contemporary social change are based on the very things they seek to explain. From the latter perspective Giddens carries the burden of criticism. - Choice
Author Bio
Justin Rosenberg is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex. He is the author of The Empire of Civil Society, which won the 1994 Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize.