Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Cultural Autonomy, Politics, and Global Capitalism 1
6. Our Ways of Knowing: Globalization – The End of Universalism? 28
7. Bioeconomics, Culture, and Politics after Globalization 49
8. Globalization, Postmodernism, and (Autonomous) Criticism 66
9. The World, the Literary, and the Political 86
10. Global Public Intellectuals, Autonomy, and Culture: Reflections Inspired by the Death of Edward Said 111
11. The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessment: James Bay Crees and Hydroelectric Projects 132
12. Global Humanitarianism and Racial Autonomy in Roméo Dallaire’s Shake Hands with the Devil 156
13. Global Activism and the Visual Grammar of Nature 178
14. Making Big Noise: The Northern Resonance of Zapatismo 197
15. Anti-Fascist Gluttons of the World Unite! The Cultural Politics of Slow Food 219
16. Autonomy on the Market: China and India Change Tracks 240
17. Dead-Stock Boards, Blown-Out Spots, and the Olympic Games: Global Twists and Local Turns in the Formation of China’s Skateboarding Community 257
18. Notes and Acknowledgments 283
19. Works Cited 292
20. Contributors 311
21. Index 314