Revisiting the Global Imaginary Theories, Ideologies, Subjectivities
Manfred B. Steger’s extensive body of work on globalization has made him one of the most influential scholars working in the field of global studies today. His conceptualization of the global imaginary is amongst the most significant developments in think
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Edited by Chris Hudson and Erin K. Wilson
Revisiting the Global Imaginary
Chris Hudson • Erin K. Wilson Editors
Revisiting the Global Imaginary Theories, Ideologies, Subjectivities: Essays in Honor of Manfred Steger
Editors Chris Hudson School of Media and Communication RMIT University Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Erin K. Wilson Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalisation University of Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands
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Preface
In the last few decades Global Studies has emerged as an important field of inquiry. It has generated a great deal of academic interest and insight as well as a huge volume of publications. While there have been a number of distinguished academics and scholars who have deepened our understanding, enlarged the body of knowledge, and helped disseminate ideas about our changed consciousness in the global era, Manfred Steger’s extensive body of work has made him one of the most significant and influential scholars working in this field today. As an eminent global intellectual, he has been instrumental in shaping the consciousness of a generation of scholars and students and orienting them toward critical thinking on questions of globalization and what it means for social life in the twenty-first century. As a polymath, Steger has absorbed influences
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