DERIVATIVE WARS
2006; Routledge; Volume: 20; Issue: 4-5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/09502380600708853
ISSN1466-4348
Autores Tópico(s)Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
ResumoClick to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. This is the narrative of Fukuyama (1993 Fukuyama, F. 1993. The End of History and the Last Man, New York: HarperCollins. [Google Scholar]) in which global conflict along socio-economic lines undergoes a cultural displacement via Huntington (1997 Huntington, S. 1997. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York: Simon and Schuster. [Google Scholar]) or under the sign of those who are with or against globalization, Barber (1996 Barber, B. 1996. Jihad vs McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism are Reshaping the World, New York: Ballantine. [Google Scholar]), or Friedman (2000 Friedman, T. 2000. The Lexis and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization, New York: Knopf. [Google Scholar]). 2. The claims for the new economy are articulated and challenged in turn by Henwood (2003 Henwood, D. 2003. After the New Economy, New York: The New Press. [Google Scholar]). 3. 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