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The Follies of Globalisation Theory Justin Rosenberg

The Follies of Globalisation Theory By Justin Rosenberg

The Follies of Globalisation Theory by Justin Rosenberg


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A critique that argues that current preoccupations, such as the concern with spatiality, have generated confusions that stand in the way of a clear understanding of the modern world.

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The Follies of Globalisation Theory: Polemical Essays by Justin Rosenberg

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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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 *
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 *
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

About Justin Rosenberg

Justin Rosenberg is Reader in International Relations at the University of Sussex.

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GOR005993149
9781859846117
1859846114
The Follies of Globalisation Theory: Polemical Essays by Justin Rosenberg
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Verso Books
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