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Rüdiger Safranski - How Much Globalization Can we Bear? - 9780745633886 - V9780745633886
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How Much Globalization Can we Bear?

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Description for How Much Globalization Can we Bear? Hardback. According to current deabtes, 'individualization' has frequently been proposed as the conceptual counterpart to 'globalization'. It has often seemed that nothing would be left once these processes have fully unfolded, other than individual human atoms dispersed on a globe without any political, economic or cultural structures. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 100 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
According to current debates, ’individualization’ has frequently been proposed as the conceptual counterpart to ’globalization’. It has often seemed that nothing would be left once these processes have fully unfolded, other than individual human atoms dispersed on a globe without any political, economic or cultural structures.

Regardless of whether this description is based on any good and valid observation, nobody drew the conclusion that suddenly emerges as evident after reading Rüdiger Safranski’s lucid and timely exploration of the issue: globalization, if it occurs, means a radical change in the human condition. It brings human being in direct confrontation with ... Read more

In this compelling new book, the philosopher Rüdiger Safranski grapples with the pressing problems of the global age: ‘Big Brother’ states, terrorism, international security and the seeming impossibility of ‘world’ peace. He suggests that the era ofglobalization should not be thought of as that epoch in world history in which all human beings will see themselves in the same, indistinct situation. There will always be, Sanfranski argues, some need for understanding one’s own situation by drawing boundaries and conceptualizing ‘otherness’ and individuality.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745633886
SKU
V9780745633886
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About Rüdiger Safranski
R. Safranski, Philosopher and Writer

Reviews for How Much Globalization Can we Bear?
"A slightly eccentric, but very enjoyable, account of globalization." Australian Journal of Political Science "We might wonder whether anything new remains to be said on globalization. Reading Rüdiger Safranski's account of the issue, it becomes immediately obvious, maybe surprisingly, that the answer can be highly affirmative." Peter Wagner, European University Institute and University of Warwick

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