The Cultures of Globalization (Post-Contemporary Interventions)

414 Pages·1998·25.084 MB·English

by  Fredric Jameson (editor), Masao Miyoshi (editor)

The Cultures of Globalization
Post-Contemporary Interventions
Series Editors Stanley Fish and Fredric Jameson
Duke University Press Durham and London I998
THE
CULTURES
OF
GLOBALIZATION
Edited by Fredric Jameson and Masao Miyoshi
Sixth printing, 2004
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To Edward Said

Contents
Acknowledgments lX
Preface Fredric Jameson Xl
Globalization and Philosophy
Beyond Eurocentrism: The World-System and the Limits of Modernity
Enrique Dussel 3
Globalization, Civilization Processes, and the Relocation
of Languages and Cultures
Walter D. Mignolo 32
Notes on Globalization as a Philosophical Issue
Fredric Jameson 54
II Alternative Localities
Global Fragments: A Second Latinamericanism
Alberto Moreiras 81
Toward a Regional Imaginary in Africa
Manthia Diawara !O3
Negotiating African Culture: Toward a Decolonization of the Fetish
loan Davies 125
The End of Free States: On Transnationalization of Culture
Subramani 146
Is There an Alternative to (Capitalist) Globalization? The Debate
about Modernity in China
LiuKang 164
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Vlll Contents
III Culture and the Nation
Globalization and Culture: Navigating the Void
Geeta Kapur 191
Nations and Literatures in the Age of Globalization
Paik Nak-chung 218
Media in a Capitalist Culture
Barbara Trent 230
"Globalization," Culture, and the University
Masao Miyoshi 247
IV Consumerism and Ideology
Dollarization, Fragmentation, and God
SherifHetata 273
Social Movements and Global Capitalism
Leslie Sklair 291
"Environmental Justice" (Local and Global)
Joan Martinez-Alier 312
What's Green and Makes the Environment Go Round?
David Harvey 327
Free Trade and Free Market: Pretense and Practice
Noam Chomsky 356
In Place of a Conclusion
Masao Miyoshi 371
Contributors 391
Acknowledgments
The Globalization and Culture conference was sponsored by Duke Univer
sity (the Office of the President, the Dean of Trinity College, the School of
the Environment, the Graduate School, the Office of the Provost, the Dean
of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Center for International Studies, and
the Institute for the Arts) and the University of California, San Diego (the
Office of the President, the Organized Research Project in the Humanities).
We are deeply grateful for their support. We also thank the Organized Re
search Project in the Humanities, the University of California, for funding
editorial expenses. We thank Joan McNay and Pam Terterian for their gen
erous help during the conference and for the manuscript preparation. Eric
Cazdyn rescued us out of an unexpected rush during the preparation of the
manuscript, and we are grateful to him. Shelton Waldrep served as assistant
editor in the earlier stage, taking welcome charge of a major portion of
clerical work as well as significant editorial details. Finally, we are in debt to
Reynolds Smith of Duke University Press for his warm enthusiasm and
expert advice.