Cultural Autonomy

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: Cultural Autonomy, Politics, and Global Capitalism / William D. Coleman, Imre Szeman, and Petra Rethman

2 Our Ways of Knowing: Globalization – The End of Universalism? / Arif Dirlik

3 Bioeconomics, Culture, and Politics after Globalization / Eric Cazdyn

4 Globalization, Postmodernism, and (Autonomous) Criticism / Imre Szeman

5 The World, the Literary, and the Political / Peter Hitchcock

6 Global Public Intellectuals, Autonomy, and Culture: Reflections Inspired by the Death of Edward Said / Neil McLaughlin

7 The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessment: James Bay Crees and Hydroelectric Projects / Wren Nasr and Colin Scott

8 Global Humanitarianism and Racial Autonomy in Roméo Dallaire’s Shake Hands with the Devil / Heike Härting

9 Global Activism and the Visual Grammar of Nature / Petra Rethmann

10 Making Big Noise: The Northern Resonance of Zapatismo / Alex Khasnabish

11 Anti-Fascist Gluttons of the World Unite! The Cultural Politics of Slow Food / Susie O’Brien

12 Autonomy on the Market: China and India Change Tracks / Anna Greenspan

13 Dead-Stock Boards, Blown-Out Spots, and the Olympic Games: Global Twists and Local Turns in the Formation of China’s Skateboarding Community / Tim Sedo

Notes and Acknowledgments; Works Cited; Contributors; Index