Metaphors of Globalization: Mirrors, Magicians and Mutinies [Hardcover]

By revisiting globalization using an analysis of metaphors, such as 'global village' and 'network society', this volume sheds new light on overlooked dimensions of global politics, redresses outdated conceptualizations, and provides a critical analysis of existing approaches to the study of globalization.Introduction: Mirrors, Magicians and Mutinies of Globalization; M.Kornprobst, V.Pouliot, N.Shah & R.Zaiotti PART 1: MIRRORS Closed Fist, Empty Hand, or Open Hand? Globalization and Historical Analogies; M.Kornprobst Reflexive Mirror: Everything Takes Place As If Threats Were Going Global; V.Pouliot Mutiny or Mirror? Politicizing the Limits/Ethics of the Tobin; J.Brassett Bridging Commonsense: Pragmatic Metaphors and the 'Schengen Laboratory'; R.Zaiotti PART 2: MAGICIANS Do Metaphors of Globalization Destroy the Public Service?; A.Spicer In Paradise: Metaphors of Money-Laundering Brighten Up the Dark Side of Globalization; R.H?lsse Waging Wars in Iraq: The Metaphoric Constitution of Wars and Enemies; D.Mutimer Technology as Metaphors: Tropes of Construction, Destruction and Instruction of Globalization; T.W.Luke PART 3: MUTINIES Conceptualizing Glocal Organization: From Rhizomes to E=MCsquared; S.Sullivan Imagining the Future: Globalization, Post-Modernism and Criticism; I.Szeman Beyond Sovereignty and the State of Nature: Metaphorical Readings of Global Order; N.Shah Where Is 'The Fork In The Road'? Over The Horizon! An Enquiry into the Failure of UN Reform; R.Falk PART 4: CONCLUSIONS Commentary; K.Fierke Conclusions: Metaphors we Globalize By; M.Kornprobst, V.Pouliot, N.Shah & R.Zaiotti

'...[this] book provides much - and generally, delectable - food for thought.' Andreas Musolff, Durham University, Discourse& Society

'The volume represents a valuable contribution to both globalisation studies and the analysis of metaphors in general, as its multidisciplinary design allows for adequately dealing with the heterogeneity of globallc