Consumption and the Globalization Project: International Hegemony and the Annihilation of Time (International Political Economy Series)

This volumes examines commodity consumption both as an ongoing problem for capital and a complex mediator of the post-Cold War political economy. Comor assesses consumption as a core but contradictory nodal point in contemporary world (dis)order developments arguing that capitalist consumption--as a political, economic and sociological institution--facilitates efforts to rule through consent. However, as a result of its constitutive influence, consumption also mediates how vested interests (e.g., the American state and its opponents) conceptualize desirable, feasible, and imaginable strategies. This Book Is The First Comprehensive Analysis Of The Role Played By Consumption In The Contemporary Global Political Economy. Using An Inter-disciplinary Approach, Edward A. Comor Assesses Consumption As An Increasingly Influential Mediator Of Cultures, Power Relations And The Neoliberal Globalization Project. The Book Uncovers Contradictions And Strategic Opportunities Stemming From Both Globalization And Us Foreign Policy After 9/11. Drawing On Neo-gramscian Theory, Media Studies And Other Analytical Frameworks, The Author Demonstrates That Capitalist Consumption - As A Sociological Institution - Generally Facilitates Efforts To Rule Through Consent In The Absence Of Liberal Democratic Structures.--jacket. Power, Hegemony And The Institution Of Consumption -- The Birth Of Capitalist Consumption -- Global Civil Society Or Global Consumer Society? -- 'developing' Political Economies And Global Consumer Society -- Neo-imperialism, Consumption And The Crisis Of Time. Edward A. Comor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 191-198) And Index. This book examines commodity consumption both as an ongoing problem for capital and a complex mediator of the post-Cold War political economy. Comor assesses consumption as a core but contradictory nodal point in contemporary world (dis)order developments arguing that capitalist consumption facilitates efforts to rule through consent.