The Globalization of Strangeness

by Chris Rumford

Book Overview

The figure of the stranger is in serious need of revision, as is our understanding of the society against which the stranger is projected. Under conditions of globalization, inside/outside markers have been eroded and conventional indicators of 'we-ness' are no longer reliable. We now live in a generalized state of strangeness, one consequence of globalization: we no longer know where our community ends and another one begins. In such circumstances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137576715
• ISBN13: 9781137576712
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"