Age of Icons

Exploring Philanthrocapitalism in the Contemporary World
Herausgeber: Fridell, Gavin; Konings, Martijn

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume assesses the growing role of popular icons in the construction of a culture that appears to incorporate a critical attitude towards the capitalist experience while, in fact, legitimizing the neoliberal character of the modern world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781442612037
• ISBN-10: 1442612037
• Artikelnr.: 37261982

Autorenporträt

Edited by Gavin Fridell and Martijn Konings

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Neoliberal Capitalism as the Age of Icons
Martijn Konings (University of Sydney, Political Economy) and Gavin Fridell
(Saint Mary's University, Canada Research Chair in International
Development Studies)
Chapter One: Humanitarian Heroes?
Ilan Kapoor (York University, Environmental Studies)
Chapter Two: The ‘Oprah Effect’: The Ideological Work of Neoliberalism
Janice Peck (University of Colorado Boulder, Journalism and Mass
Communication)
Chapter Three: Celebritus Politicus, Neo-liberal Sustainabilities and the
Terrains of Care
Mike Goodman (King's College London, Geography)
Chapter Four: Al Gore as Carbon Warrior: The Politics of Inaction
Kate Ervine (Trent University, Politics)
Chapter Five: (Product) RED: Glam-Aid, Consumer Citizens and the
Colonization of Governance
Colleen O'Manique (Trent University, Gender and Women's Studies) and Momin
Rahman (Trent University, Sociology)
Chapter Six: Cosmopolitanism Reinvented: Neoliberal Globalization and
Thomas Friedman
Feyzi Baban (Trent University, Politics)
Chapter Seven: Governance Fantasies: Joseph Stiglitz and the
Citizen-Bureaucrat
Gavin Fridell (Saint Mary's University, Canada Research Chair in
International Development Studies)
Bibliography