Consumption and the Globalization Project: International Hegemony and the Annihilation of Time

abstract activities American anti-globalization argue become capacity capitalism capitalist consumption century Chapter China Chinese commercial commodification commodities commodity fetishism communication compelled complex conceptual systems constitutes consumerist consumption's contemporary context corporations cultural deepening dimension of power disparities domestic dominated dynamic E. P. Thompson economic emerging empire entails example exchange existential facilitated foreign policy forged freedom global consumer society global justice movement globalization project growth hegemonic human Ibid ICTs identity and meaning implications increasingly India individual institution of capitalist institutionalization interests Internet involving iPod least liberal democracies lifestyles living mediated middle class modern nation needs neo-imperialist neo-modern neoliberal norms one's organizations particularly perspective political economies post-structuralist potential pre-modern production promote prospectively reactionary realities reforms relationships relatively resistance response role Rosenberg sell sense social spatial strategies structured sumer sumption swadeshi movement technologies things tion traditional transnational wage labour wage labour contract Western workers