Globalistan: An Antidote to THE WORLD IS FLAT - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780978813826

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by Pepe Escobar (Author)

Globalistan weaves three parallel and intersecting themes: globalization, energy wars and the Long War. It shows how globalization is not proceeding according to the myth of "everyone profits": instead, it is fragmenting the world into even more explosive inequality, into "stans" - some stans configured as fortresses, some stans at war with others. Energy wars, and the multiple intersections of globalization and war, only increase the polarization. Globalistan argues that the world is being dissolved into Liquid War - a natural consequence of "liquid modernity," a concept formulated by Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. The book is 80% based on reportage - from China to Central Asia and Russia; before, during and after the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; in Iran and in the Middle East; in Western Europe, Western Africa and South America. It is also an Atlas - with maps - of the world in conflict.

Number of Pages: 368

Dimensions: 0.76 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: January 01, 2007

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