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The Global Village Myth

Author : Patrick Porter
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626161925
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Global Village Myth written by Patrick Porter and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Porter challenges the powerful ideology of "Globalism" that is widely subscribed to by the US national security community. Globalism entails visions of a perilous shrunken world in which security interests are interconnected almost without limit, exposing even powerful states to instant war. Globalism does not just describe the world, but prescribes expansive strategies to deal with it, portraying a fragile globe that the superpower must continually tame into order. Porter argues that this vision of the world has resulted in the US undertaking too many unnecessary military adventures and dangerous strategic overstretch. Distance and geography should be some of the factors that help the US separate the important from the unimportant in international relations. The US should also recognize that, despite the latest technologies, projecting power over great distances still incurs frictions and costs that set real limits on American power. Reviving an appreciation of distance and geography would lead to a more sensible and sustainable grand strategy.

Whose Global Village?

Author : Ramesh Srinivasan
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479856088
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Whose Global Village? written by Ramesh Srinivasan and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Technology myths and histories -- 2. Digital stories from the developing world -- 3. Native Americans, networks, and technology -- 4. Multiple voices : performing technology and knowledge -- 5. Taking back our media.

Globalization and Media

Author : Jack Lule
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0742568369
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Globalization and Media written by Jack Lule and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global village, however, is not the blissful utopia that McLuhan predicted.

Global Literacies and the World Wide Web

Author : Gail E. Hawisher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134657757
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Global Literacies and the World Wide Web written by Gail E. Hawisher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Wide Web is transforming the way that information is distributed, received and acted upon. Global Literacies and the World Wide Web provides a critical examination of the new on line literacy practices and values, and how these are determined by national, cultural and educational contexts. Gail Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe have brought together scholars from around the world, including: Mexico, Hungary, Australia, Palau, Cuba, Scotland, Greece, Japan, Africa and the United States. Each represents and examines on line literacy practices in their specific culture. Global Literacies and the World Wide Web resists a romanticised and inaccurate vision of global oneness. Instead, this book celebrates the dynamic capacity of these new self defined literacy communities to challenge the global village myth with robust, hybrid redefintions of identity that honour ethnic, cultural, economic, historical, and ideological differences. This is a lively and original challenge to conventional notions of the relationship between literacy and technology.

Lords of the Global Village

Author : Ranendra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789386582096
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Lords of the Global Village written by Ranendra and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Americas were generous enough to preserve the literatures and ruins of the Incas, the Mayans, the Aztecs and the Native Americans in a number of museums. But the self-proclaimed liberal and tolerant Indian culture had spared not even that much space for the Asurs. They existed only as vestiges of myths.' After a long period of unemployment, Master Sahib is appointed to a school for tribal girls in rural Jharkhand--on a remote plateau, near open bauxite mines. He has heard of the Asur tribe who live there--that they are primitive, crude giants, or perhaps even the demons of myth. Master Sahib settles into an uneasy routine, prejudiced against his neighbours and surroundings. But when Lalchan Asur, the village chief's son, appears in his room, battered and bloody, Master Sahib must perforce get involved with the community around him. As he makes friends--with Lalchan and his brothers, Rumjhum Babu, Doctor Ram Kumar, Lalita and Etwari--Master Sahib finds that the Asurs are desperately poor. He sees that they are being further impoverished by mine owners and opportunistic godmen, hungry to exploit the land and women. When the Asurs decide to strike against the mine owners, Master Sahib realizes that he is caught up in the age-old battle between the Asurs and the Devas--and that this time, the Devas are the Lords of global capital, remote from petty human concerns. Ranendra's masterful parable brings alive the real plight of tribal communities today, their very existence threatened by a nexus of corporate rapacity and the hunger for development. Lords of the Global Village, with its spare prose and memorable characters, is a legend for and of our times.

Gods in the Global Village

Author : Lester R. Kurtz
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483386457
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Gods in the Global Village written by Lester R. Kurtz and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world plagued by religious conflict, how can the various religious and secular traditions coexist peacefully on the planet? And, what role does sociology play in helping us understand the state of religious life in a globalizing world? In the Fourth Edition ofGods in the Global Village, author Lester Kurtz continues to address these questions. This text is an engaging, thought-provoking examination of the relationships among the major faith traditions that inform the thinking and ethical standards of most people in the emerging global social order. Thoroughly updated to reflect recent events, the book discusses the role of religion in our daily lives and global politics, and the ways in which religion is both an agent of, and barrier to, social change.

The Limits of the Global Village

Author : Hernando Gómez Buendía
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Limits of the Global Village written by Hernando Gómez Buendía and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

TechGnosis

Author : Erik Davis
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1583949305
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book TechGnosis written by Erik Davis and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TechGnosis is a cult classic of media studies that straddles the line between academic discourse and popular culture; it appeals to both those secular and spiritual, to fans of cyberpunk and hacker literature and culture as much as new-thought adherents and spiritual seekers How does our fascination with technology intersect with the religious imagination? In TechGnosis—a cult classic now updated and reissued with a new afterword—Erik Davis argues that while the realms of the digital and the spiritual may seem worlds apart, esoteric and religious impulses have in fact always permeated (and sometimes inspired) technological communication. Davis uncovers startling connections between such seemingly disparate topics as electricity and alchemy; online roleplaying games and religious and occult practices; virtual reality and gnostic mythology; programming languages and Kabbalah. The final chapters address the apocalyptic dreams that haunt technology, providing vital historical context as well as new ways to think about a future defined by the mutant intermingling of mind and machine, nightmare and fantasy.

The Illustrated Book of Myths

Author :
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780756622237
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Book of Myths written by and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of myths from many cultures.

The Sustainability Myth

Author : Melissa Checker
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479859249
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Sustainability Myth written by Melissa Checker and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovers the hidden costs and contradictions of sustainable policies in an era driven by real estate development From state-of-the-art parks to rooftop gardens, efforts to transform New York City’s unsightly industrial waterfronts into green, urban oases have received much public attention. In The Sustainability Myth, Melissa Checker uncovers the hidden costs—and contradictions—of the city’s ambitious sustainability agenda in light of its equally ambitious redevelopment imperatives. Focusing on industrial waterfronts and historically underserved places like Harlem and Staten Island’s North Shore, Checker takes an in-depth look at the dynamics of environmental gentrification, documenting the symbiosis between eco-friendly initiatives and high-end redevelopment and its impact on out-of-the-way, non-gentrifying neighborhoods. At the same time, she highlights the valiant efforts of local environmental justice activists who work across racial, economic, and political divides to challenge sustainability’s false promises and create truly viable communities. The Sustainability Myth is a cautionary, eye-opening tale, taking a hard—but ultimately hopeful—look at environmental justice activism and the politics of sustainability.

Military Orientalism

Author : Patrick Porter
Publisher : Critical War Studies (Unnumber
ISBN 13 : 9780199333424
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Military Orientalism written by Patrick Porter and published by Critical War Studies (Unnumber. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Ancient Greeks' obsession with the armies of the Persians, Westerners have been irresistibly drawn to the exotic nature of "Oriental" warfare and have sought either to emulate their enemies' imagined ways of fighting or to incorporate Eastern warriors and "martial races," such as the Sikhs and Gurkhas, in their own forces. The alluring yet terrifying prospect of Samurai warriors, obedient to an ancient code of chivalry, or of the Mongol cavalry thundering across the steppes, continue to grip our imagination, while the courage and fighting prowess of today's "Eastern" warriors, the Taliban and Hezbollah, have been grudgingly acknowledged by the high tech armies of NATO in Afghanistan and the IDF in Lebanon. Such romantic notions are based on a highly questionable premise, namely that race, culture and tradition are separate and primordial, and that they determine how societies fight. But how far does culture shape war? Do non-Westerners approach strategy, combat, or death in ways intrinsically different from their Eastern neighbours? This debate can be tracked through time, from Herodotus onwards, and features in innumerable histories and literary works as well as in poetry, art and oral epics. Yet there are few histories of the idea itself. Military Orientalism argues that viewing culture as a script that dictates warfare is wrong, and that our obsession with the exotic can make it harder, not easier, to know the enemy. Culture is powerful, but it is an ambiguous repertoire of ideas rather than a clear code for action. To divide the world into western, Asiatic or Islamic ways of war is a delusion, one whose profound impact affects contemporary war and above all the War on Terror. Porter's fascinating book explains why the "Oriental" warrior inspires fear, envy and wonder and how this has shaped the way Western armies fight.

How the Sea Began

Author : George Crespo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780395630334
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book How the Sea Began written by George Crespo and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gourd containing the bow and arrow of the great departed hunter Yayael produces a torrent of water that becomes the world's ocean.

9 Myths about Muslim Charities

Author : Halil I. Demir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733968812
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book 9 Myths about Muslim Charities written by Halil I. Demir and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Global Village Myth: Distance, War, and the Limits of Power

Author : Patrick Porter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781849045452
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The Global Village Myth: Distance, War, and the Limits of Power written by Patrick Porter and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Global Village Revisited

Author : Kathleen Dixon
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739140787
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Global Village Revisited written by Kathleen Dixon and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural studies scholarship on the television talk show, especially the 'audience discussion' genre, was guardedly hopeful about its democratic or feminist potential. In this exciting new volume, Kathleen Dixon investigates the relationship between the talk genre and democracy, but through a new emphasis on art, broadly defined. The Global Village Revisited: Art, Politics, and Television Talk Shows explores three case studies from Belgium, Bulgaria, and the United States, and reveals how these cases interanimate to produces a new view of the talk show as a global phenomenon, and as a negotiation among the forces of late capitalism, the unnamed but still palpable audience, and the individual rhetors, artists, and technicians who make the shows. Dixon treats the globalization of media and culture as a dynamic process that yields different results according to time and place. While the way in which television talk shows serve democracy may be hard to define precisely, The Global Village Revisited demonstrates the importance and necessity of this question in cultural studies.

Childbirth in the Global Village

Author : Dawn Hillier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134476744
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Childbirth in the Global Village written by Dawn Hillier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childbirth in the Global Village highlights and examines the role that globalisation plays in changing childbirth practices and to try to understand more clearly the interrelationship between globalisation, modernization, science, the medical

The Power of Myth

Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307794725
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Myth written by Joseph Campbell and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war. The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people—including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the “song of the universe, the music of the spheres.” With Bill Moyers, one of America’s most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. From stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome to traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, a broad array of themes are considered that together identify the universality of human experience across time and culture. An impeccable match of interviewer and subject, a timeless distillation of Campbell’s work, The Power of Myth continues to exert a profound influence on our culture.