2. A Negative Anthropology of Globalization

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Tracking a Hypothesis ix
5. 1. Presence in Language or Presence Achieved Against Language? 1
6. 2. A Negative Anthropology of Globalization 11
7. 3. Stagnation: Temporal, Intellectual, Heavenly 27
8. 4. “Lost in Focused Intensity”: Spectator Sports and Strategies of Re-Enchantment 39
9. 5. Steady Admiration in an Expanding Present: On Our New Relationship with Classics 49
10. 6. Infinite Availability: About Hypercommunication (and Old Age) 61
11. In the Broad Present 73
12. Notes 81
13. Index 85
14. Backmatter 91