Paperback. Globalization and Identity: Dialectics of Flow and Closure "Globalization" and "Identity" are an explosive combination, demonstrated by recent outbursts of communalist violence in many parts of the world. Their varying articulations highlight the paradox that accelerating global flows of goods, persons and images go together with determined efforts towards closure, emphasis on cultural difference and fixing of identities. This collection explores this paradox of 'flow' and 'closure' through a series of detailed case studies in comparative perspective. "Globalization" and "Identity" are an explosive combination, demonstrated by recent outbursts of communalist violence in many parts of the world. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Globalization and Identity (Paperback)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0631212388
ISBN 13: 9780631212386
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: new

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Globalization and Identity: Dialectics of Flow and Closure

"Globalization" and "Identity" are an explosive combination, demonstrated by recent outbursts of communalist violence in many parts of the world. Their varying articulations highlight the paradox that accelerating global flows of goods, persons and images go together with determined efforts towards closure, emphasis on cultural difference and fixing of identities. This collection explores this paradox of 'flow' and 'closure' through a series of detailed case studies in comparative perspective.

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Birgit Meyer is a German professor of religious studies at Utrecht University.

Peter Geschiere is an editor of Globalization and Identity: Dialectics of Flow and Closure published by Wiley.

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