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The globalization of nothing 2 / George Ritzer.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ritzer, George
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- International relations.
- Nothing (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 249 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Revised & completely updated edition.
- Other Title:
- Globalization of nothing two
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks : Pine Forge Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- The Globalization of Nothing is back in a revised and updated Second Edition. As before, this book is structured around four sets of concepts addressing the issues of: "places/non-places," "things/non-things," "people/non-people," and "services/non-services." By drawing upon salient examples from everyday life, George Ritzer invites the reader to examine the nuances of these concepts in conjunction with the paradoxes within the process of the globalization of nothing. Why is it that those who produce "nothing" for major multinational corporations often cannot afford that which they produce? Why do so many of us seem to be enraptured with our favorite brands or with our credit cards? What are the social implications of the increasing "globalization of nothing" for medicine, education, and tourism? Critical questions are raised throughout the book and the reader is compelled not only to seek answers to these questions, but to critically evaluate the questions as well as their answers.
- Contents:
- Globalization : a new conceptualization
- Nothing (and something) : another new conceptualization
- Meet the nullities : nonplaces, nonthings, nonpeople, and nonservices
- Nothing : caveats and clarifications
- The globalization of nothing
- Theorizing glocalization and grobalization
- The globalization of consumer culture- and global opposition to it
- Loss amidst monumental abundance- and strategies for coping with it.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: The globalization of nothing.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1412940214
- 9781412940214
- 1412940222
- 9781412940221
- OCLC:
- 71126662
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