Metaphors of Globalization

1. Introduction: Mirrors, Magicians and Mutinies of Globalization
Markus Kornprobst, Vincent Pouliot, Nisha Shah, Ruben Zaiotti

Part I. Mirrors

2. Closed Fist, Empty Hand or Open Hand? Globalization and Historical Analogies
Markus Kornprobst

3. Reflexive Mirror: Everything Takes Place As If Threats Were Going Global
Vincent Pouliot

4. Mutiny or Mirror? Politicizing the Limit/Ethics of the Tobin Tax
James Brassett

5. Bridging Commonsense: Pragmatic Metaphors and the ‘Schengen Laboratory’
Ruben Zaiotti

Part II. Magicians

6. Do Metaphors of Globalization Destroy the Public Service?
André Spicer

7. In Paradise: Metaphors of Money-Laundering Brighten up the Dark Side of Globalization
Rainer Hülsse

8. Waging Wars in Iraq: The Metaphoric Constitution of Wars and Enemies
David Mutimer

9. Technology as Metaphor: Tropes of Construction, Destruction and Instruction in Globalization
Timothy W. Luke

Part III. Mutinies

10. Conceptualizing Glocal Organization: From Rhizome to E=mc2 in Becoming Post-Human
Sian Sullivan

11. Imagining the Future: Globalization, Post-Modernism and Criticism
Imre Szeman

12. Beyond Sovereignty and the State of Nature: Metaphorical Readings of Global Order
Nisha Shah

13. Where is ‘The Fork in the Road’? Over the Horizon! An Inquiry into the Failure of UN Reform
Richard Falk

Part IV. Conclusions

14. Commentary
K. M. Fierke

15. Conclusion: Metaphors We Globalize By
Markus Kornprobst, Vincent Pouliot, Nisha Shah, Ruben Zaiotti

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political Science, Sociolinguistics, Sociology, general, Globalization, Geography, general, Political Sociology