Metaphors of Globalization

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: Mirrors, Magicians and Mutinies of Globalization

   1. Introduction: Mirrors, Magicians and Mutinies of Globalization

      • Markus Kornprobst, Vincent Pouliot, Nisha Shah, Ruben Zaiotti

      Pages 1-16

3. Mirrors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Closed Fist, Empty Hand or Open Hand? Globalization and Historical Analogies

      • Markus Kornprobst

      Pages 19-33

   3. Reflexive Mirror: Everything Takes Place As If Threats Were Going Global

      • Vincent Pouliot

      Pages 34-49

   4. Mutiny or Mirror? Politicizing the Limit/Ethics of the Tobin Tax

      • James Brassett

      Pages 50-65

   5. Bridging Commonsense: Pragmatic Metaphors and the ‘Schengen Laboratory’

      • Ruben Zaiotti

      Pages 66-80

4. Magicians

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Do Metaphors of Globalization Destroy the Public Service?

      • André Spicer

      Pages 83-97

   3. In Paradise: Metaphors of Money-Laundering Brighten up the Dark Side of Globalization

      • Rainer Hülsse

      Pages 98-113

   4. Waging Wars in Iraq: The Metaphoric Constitution of Wars and Enemies

      • David Mutimer

      Pages 114-129

   5. Technology as Metaphor: Tropes of Construction, Destruction and Instruction in Globalization

      • Timothy W. Luke

      Pages 130-146

5. Mutinies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Conceptualizing Glocal Organization: From Rhizome to E=mc² in Becoming Post-Human

      • Sian Sullivan

      Pages 149-166

   3. Imagining the Future: Globalization, Post-Modernism and Criticism

      • Imre Szeman

      Pages 167-183

   4. Beyond Sovereignty and the State of Nature: Metaphorical Readings of Global Order

      • Nisha Shah

      Pages 184-202

   5. Where is ‘The Fork in the Road’? Over the Horizon! An Inquiry into the Failure of UN Reform

      • Richard Falk

      Pages 203-220

6. Conclusions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221

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   2. Commentary

      • K. M. Fierke

      Pages 223-236

   3. Conclusion: Metaphors We Globalize By

      • Markus Kornprobst, Vincent Pouliot, Nisha Shah, Ruben Zaiotti

      Pages 237-252

By revisiting globalization using an analysis of metaphors, such as 'global village' and 'network society', this volume sheds new light on overlooked dimensions of global politics, redresses outdated conceptualizations, and provides a critical analysis of existing approaches to the study of globalization.

• constitution
• ethics
• globalization
• organization
• politics
• service
• sovereignty

'...[this] book provides much - and generally, delectable - food for thought.' Andreas Musolff, Durham University, Discourse& Society

'The volume represents a valuable contribution to both globalisation studies and the analysis of metaphors in general, as its multidisciplinary design allows for adequately dealing with the heterogeneity of globalisation.' Millennium - Journal of International Studies

• School of Public Policy, University College London, UK

  Markus Kornprobst

• Department of Political Science, McGill University, Canada

  Vincent Pouliot

• Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada

  Nisha Shah, Ruben Zaiotti

MARKUS KORNPROBST is Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Public Policy, University College London, UK.

VINCENT POULIOT is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, McGill University, Canada.

NISHA SHAH is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada.

RUBEN ZAIOTTI is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada.