Consumption and the globalization project : international hegemony and the annihilation of time /
Comor, Edward A., 1962-
Consumption and the globalization project : international hegemony and the annihilation of time / Edward A. Comor. - xiii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - International political economy series . - International political economy series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Power, Hegemony and the Institution of Consumption -- The Birth of Capitalist Consumption -- Global Civil Society or Global Consumer Society? -- 'developing' Political Economies and Global Consumer Society -- Neo-Imperialism, Consumption and the Crisis of Time -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
"This volumes examines commodity consumption both as an ongoing problem for capital and a complex mediator of the post-Cold War political economy. Comor assesses consumption as a core but contradictory nodal point in contemporary world (dis)order developments arguing that capitalist consumption--as a political, economic and sociological institution--facilitates efforts to rule through consent. However, as a result of its constitutive influence, consumption also mediates how vested interests (e.g., the American state and its opponents) conceptualize desirable, feasible, and imaginable strategies."--Publisher description.
0230522246 (alk. paper) 9780230522244 (alk. paper)
2008011810
Consumption (Economics)
International economic relations.
International relations.
HC79.C6 / C6354 2008
339.47
Consumption and the globalization project : international hegemony and the annihilation of time / Edward A. Comor. - xiii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - International political economy series . - International political economy series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Power, Hegemony and the Institution of Consumption -- The Birth of Capitalist Consumption -- Global Civil Society or Global Consumer Society? -- 'developing' Political Economies and Global Consumer Society -- Neo-Imperialism, Consumption and the Crisis of Time -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
"This volumes examines commodity consumption both as an ongoing problem for capital and a complex mediator of the post-Cold War political economy. Comor assesses consumption as a core but contradictory nodal point in contemporary world (dis)order developments arguing that capitalist consumption--as a political, economic and sociological institution--facilitates efforts to rule through consent. However, as a result of its constitutive influence, consumption also mediates how vested interests (e.g., the American state and its opponents) conceptualize desirable, feasible, and imaginable strategies."--Publisher description.
0230522246 (alk. paper) 9780230522244 (alk. paper)
2008011810
Consumption (Economics)
International economic relations.
International relations.
HC79.C6 / C6354 2008
339.47