Table of Contents

Introduction.- 1. Global Why.- 2. Global How.- 3. Forty Four Theses on Globalization.- 4. Pattern Analysis.- 5. Histories of Globalization.- 6. Decentering Rome.- 7. DNA and Connectivity. - 8. Technology and Connectivity.- 9. Art and Connectivity.- 10. Borders and Connectivity, Enlargement-and-Containment.- 11. Paradoxes of Populism.

About the Author

Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Duncan Mellichamp Distinguished Professor of Global Studies and Sociology at University of California Santa Barbara, USA. He specializes in globalization, development studies and cultural anthropology.