Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Foreword xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Preface to the Second Edition xix
6. List of Acronyms xxiii
7. Introduction ALLEGORIZING THE WORLD 1
8. Chapter One. Indignation and Injustice 22
9. Chapter Two. The Significances of Suffering 52
10. Chapter Three. Diverging Parables of Progress 77
11. Chapter Four. Dystopian Modernization 104
12. Chapter Five. Globalizing Crises, Pandemics, and Norms 130
13. Chapter Six. Inequality, Democracy, and Health Rights 158
14. Chapter Seven. Power, Politics, and Knowledge 187
15. Conclusions THE STRUGGLE FOR THE WORLD WE WANT 217
16. Notes 241
17. INDEX 281