(Ebook) Alternative Globalizations: An integrative approach to studying dissident knowledge in the global justice movement by S A Hamed Hosseini ISBN 9780415502429, 041550242X

(Ebook) Alternative Globalizations: An integrative approach to studying dissident knowledge in the global justice movement by S A Hamed Hosseini ISBN 9780415502429, 041550242X

Are the growing oppositions to neoliberal market globalism (especially in the aftermath of global economic meltdown) able to develop meaningful alternative ideologies? Is there any substantial alternative to the world capitalist system on the horizon? How would the new ideologies and ideas address the dire dilemmas of economy vs. ecology, redistribution vs. recognition, global vs. local, reform vs. revolution etc.?This book answers such important questions by examining the intellectual structure of the so-called ‘anti-globalization’ or ‘global justice’ movement. It explores the formation and transformation of ideas, identities, and solidarities in the movement. The book also develops an analytical model to explain the movement’s ideational novelties and continuities in terms of both activist social experiences and global social changes.Hosseini develops new sociological concepts, integrates opposing theoretical perspectives into one approach, and addresses the gap between critical theories and activist practices. Through this endeavor, he discovers an emerging mode of consciousness which is characterized by its cross-identity and cross-ideological nature. This is a live but quiet global revolution.Drawing on a variety of disciplines, this ground-breaking volume will be of interest to students and scholars of global studies, political sciences, sociology, and social movement studies.S. A. Hamed Hosseini, Ph.D. in "Sociology and Global Studies" from The Australian National University (ANU), is a Senior Lecturer and Faculty Associated Researcher at The University of Newcastle, Australia. He is the founder and principal investigator of UON Alternative Futures Research Network (AFRN), Co-founder of a Community Project (NENA Newcastle/Hunter Hub), Co-founder and chief editor of Common Alternatives initiative, a leading international team/website engaged in studying post-neoliberal, post-capital, post-carbon, progressive alternatives. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Since the birth of Arab Spring in the Middle East, followed by the rise of Occupy Movements against the North American financial powerhouses, and the spread of anti-austerity uprisings across Europe, many commentators and scholars have started to investigate and explain the very new nature of these globalizing yet locally motivated events. However, these movements have not emerged out of blue. They are both new and old, global and local, political and economic. Understanding their complex nature requires new models and theories It can be reasonably argued that "Alternative Globalizations" by S A Hamed Hosseini is an outstanding effort among the recent works in this area as it was written and published before the outbreak of these international events, providing the scholars and the students of this area with a unique framework for theorizing them. The book anticipated the globalization of a new mode of consciousness underlying these events; a new but quite profound revolutionary shift in many protesters' political identities and consciousness, and it has explored a significant shift in the way that political ideologies are expected to function in the 21th Century. The book also lays the foundations of a new approach to studying these novel changes; an integrative approach to investigating a new generation of social movements and revolutions in a much more comprehensive way compatible with their complex nature.