After globalization / Eric Cazdyn, Imre Szeman.

Acknowledgments A Prixecis: The Argument 1 Part I: The Afterlife of Globalization a. Nothing Can Save Us 5 b. From Globalization to Anti-Americanism 9 c. From Anti-Americanism Back to Globalization 15 d. I face the World as it is : On Obama 29 e. Of and After: Two Narratives of the Global 34 f. Seven Theses after Globalization 44 g. Something s Missing 57 Part II: The Limits of Liberalism a. After Globalization, or, Liberalism after Neoliberalism 69 b. Neoliberals Dressed in Black: Richard Florida 77 c. The Anecdotal American: Thomas Friedman 100 d. Confidence Game: Paul Krugman 114 e. The Non-Shock Doctrine: Naomi Klein 134 f. The Limits of Hollywood: Michael Clayton 152 Part III: The Global Generation a. Next Generation 171 b. From Anti-Americanism to Globalization 173 c. A Map of the World 179 d. Biogeographies 207 e. Can t Get There from Here 218 Conclusion: Oh, Don t Ask Why! 225 Index 239

After Globalization offers a new way of thinking about globalization -- both what it was and how it still operates as a social narrative. In lively and unflinching prose, the authors argue that contemporary thought about the world is disabled by a fatal flaw: the inability to think "an after" to globalization.