Global capitalism and globalization have been praised or criticized in many areas, including politics, social concerns, economics, and culture. This course will focus on some of the social and cultural critiques of global capitalism and the impact of globalization on culture.
Recommended Reading:
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Rod Dreher, Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature lovers, and their diverse tribe of countercultural conservatives plan to save America (or at least the Republican party), (2006).
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Benjamin Barber, “Jihad v. McWorld,” The Atlantic, (March 1992).
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E. F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered, (1989).
