me> ...John Ralston Saul's 2005 book, _The Collapse of Globalism and
me> the Reinvention of the World_...
Harry> Have to ask the obvious question:
Harry>
Harry> "What is globalization?"
That would be covered in chapters 1-4.
What does Globalization mean? Defining received wisdom is often a
scholastic trap. Worse still, as the British Liberal John Morley
put it a century ago, "If we want a platitude, there is nothing
like a definition." It is better to come at a subject in
context. (op. cit. p.5)
Harry> "What is globalization?"
Chris> The completion of Manifest Destiny on this planet.
No smiley? I can't tell if you're being sarcastic here or not.
Assuming that you are, I could say that one of the subjects of Saul's
book is pointing to the risible manifest destiny proclamations of the
globalists. "There is no alternative." Free markets as the definiens
of eschatology.
rneedham> Saul's book is great and my students thought so too.
Ah! Interesting. Would that be for economics majors who have already
absorbed much of the standard cant? (Not to give offense. A quick
browse of your uwaterloo web page doesn't reveal much of the standard
cant. BTW, were you acquainted with Leonard Rapping?)
Pete> I'm pretty sure we discussed this book here...
Sorry if my question is a rehash. There was quite a spell there when
I wasn't subscribed to FW.
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