Challenging the view that globalization signifies a 'clash' of cultures, this book here develops friction in its place as a metaphor for the conflicting social interactions that make up our contemporary world. It shows how creative cultural differences are in the grip of worldly encounter, and how it is overlooked in theories of the global. Preface
ix
Introduction
1(20)
I Prosperity
Better you had brought me a bomb, so I could blow this place up
21(6)
1 Frontiers of Capitalism
27(28)
They communicate only in sign language
51(4)
2 The Economy of Appearances
55(26)
II Knowledge
Let a new Asia and a new Africa be born
81(7)
3 Natural Universals and the Global Scale
88(33)
Dark rays
113(8)
4 Nature Loving
121(50)
This earth, this island Borneo
155(16)
5 A History of Weediness
171(34)
III Freedom
A hair in the flour
205(8)
6 Movements
213(32)
Facilities and incentives
239(6)
7 The Forest of Collaborations
245(24)
Coda
269(4)
Notes
273(24)
References
297(16)
Index
313
