The Collapse of Globalism
Published on 2. June 2005
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-84354-408-1 (ISBN)
Description
Globalization, like many great geopolitical ideologies before it, is now officially dead. Contrary to the hopes of those who supported the global ideal, the years since the end of the Cold War have seen the return of nationalism, often is quite vociferous forms. Instead of surrendering (or sharing, depending on your point of view) sovereignty, governments and citizens are reasserting their national interests. In this groundbreaking, exhilarating book, the distinguished philosopher John Ralston Saul examines where we go from here. His scintillating investigation into the collapse of globalism is essential reading for all who wish to understand the geopolitical chasm we are about to bridge.
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"'Like Orwell, Koestler, Marshall McLuhan, Primo Levi and Tim Flannery, [Saul] tells us unsparingly how tremendously we got things wrong, how much magic the Age of Reason cost us... [Saul is] the most wide-ranging mind, and one of the great organising and focusing teachers, we have.' Bob Ellis, Sydney Morning Herald"More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
636 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84354-408-1 (9781843544081)
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John Ralston Saul's books have been published in more than twenty-five countries and a dozen languages. His philosophical trilogy - Voltaire's Bastards, The Doubter's Companion and The Unconscious Civilization - has had a growing impact on political thought around the world. The postscript to the trilogy is On Equilibrium, an exploration of the human struggle for personal and social balance. John Ralston Saul received a PhD from King's College, was President of the Canadian Centre of International PEN from 1990 to 1992 and was named by the Utne Reader as one of the '100 Visionaries of the World' in 1995. Appointed a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1996, John Ralston Saul recently received the Pablo Neruda Medal. The Collapse of Globalism was published in 2005.