Renowned scholar Arjun Appadurai argues that the economic collapse of 2008, while indeed spurred on by greed, ignorance, weak regulation, and irresponsible risk-taking, was ultimately a failure of language. To prove this point, he takes us into the world of derivative finance, which is now the core of contemporary trading and the primary target of blame for the collapse. With his characteristic clarity, Appadurai explains one of the most complicated aspects of ...
India’s World: The Politics of Creativity in a Globalized Society
Offering a new framework for the cultural study of globalization, Modernity at large shows how the imagination works as a social force in today's world, providing new resources for identity and energies for creating alternatives to the nation-state. One of the world's leading cultural theorists, Arjun Appadurai examines the current epoch of globalization, which is characterized by the twin forces of mass migration and electronic mediation. He provides fresh ways ...
