From: David Laibman (dlaibman@SCIENCEANDSOCIETY.COM)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2007 - 14:15:45 EST
Hi all. Quoting: New Global Studies is the first journal to approach contemporary globalization as a whole, and across disciplinary lines. It draws from history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and international relations to study the past and present of today's globalizing process. Notice that economics is not included in the list of disciplines that might be relevant to "today's globalizing process"! Isn't that fascinating? Reminds me of Marx's comment, re Leon Blum, that *all* of the Ministers in the French government were "Ministers of Labor." When they leave out economics, all they will get is -- bad economics! David glevy@PRATT.EDU wrote: > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: New bepress Journal: > New Global Studies > > > The Berkeley Electronic Press is > pleased to announce the launch of a major > new peer-reviewed journal: > > > NEW GLOBAL STUDIES (NGS), http://www.bepress.com/ngs > > Editors: > Nayan Chanda (Yale University) > Akira Iriye (Harvard > University) > Bruce Mazlish (MIT) > > Managing editor: > Kenneth Weisbrode (Harvard University) > > New Global Studies is > the first journal to approach contemporary > globalization as a whole, > and across disciplinary lines. It draws from > history, sociology, > anthropology, political science, and international > relations to > study the past and present of today's globalizing process. > Topics > include the patterns and local effects of economic globalization, > global media networks, preservation of the global environment, > transnational > manifestations of culture, and the methodology of > global studies itself. New > Global Studies is an essential resource: > a single journal for those who are > interested in global affairs and > the contemporary history of globalization, > both broadly and in > depth. > > To view any of the articles in question, simply click > on the links below > (full citations and abstracts follow at bottom of > message). > > VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, 2007 > > ARTICLES > > David E.H. Edgerton "The Contradictions of Techno-Nationalism > and > Techno-Globalism: A Historical Perspective". > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art1 > > Jenifer L. Van > Vleck "The 'Logic of the Air': Aviation and the Globalism of > the 'American Century'". > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art2 > > Timothy H.B. > Stoneman "An 'African' Gospel: American Evangelical Radio in > West Africa, 1954-1970". > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art3 > > COMMENTARY > > Yi-Fu Tuan "Power, Modernity and Traditional Cultures". > > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art4 > > REVIEW ESSAYS > > > Daniel J. Sargent "School of Zbigniew". > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art5 > > Phyllis Thompson > "Food for the Masses". > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art6 > > > To submit > your next paper to New Global Studies, visit > http://www.bepress.com/ngs, and click "Submit Article." > > _______________________ > ABSTRACTS & CITATIONS OF NEWLY > PUBLISHED ARTICLES > > > David E.H. Edgerton (2007) "The > Contradictions of Techno-Nationalism and > Techno-Globalism: A > Historical Perspective", New Global Studies: Vol. 1: No. > 1, > Article 1. > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art1 > > ABSTRACT: > Techno-nationalism and techno-globalism are descriptive > and prescriptive > categories for understanding the impact of > technology on society and vice > versa. They reflect the underlying > assumptions made by analysts of the place > of technology in the > world, and denote ideologies, rather than technological > policies or > realities. They also help us to realize that standard accounts > of > the nation and globalization are not as securely based as they appear. > Indeed, nations and states are important in ways techno-nationalism does > not > capture, and the international and global dimension is crucial > in ways which > that techno-globalism overlooks. Yet an analysis of > both terms yields > building blocks to a more sophisticated > appreciation of the linkages between > the nation, technological > innovation and globalization. > > > Jenifer L. Van Vleck > (2007) "The 'Logic of the Air': Aviation and the > Globalism of > the 'American Century'", New Global Studies: Vol. 1: No. 1, > Article 2. > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art2 > > ABSTRACT: > "The 'Logic of the Air': Aviation and the Globalism > of the 'American > Century'" examines the cultural history of > aviation in relation to the rise > of the United States as a world > power. In the context of World War II, the > so-called air age > entailed new conceptions of American national identity and > global > responsibility. Aviation inspired internationalist visions of "one > > world" - a globe divided only by latitudes and longitudes, as > depicted by > the iconic logo of Pan American Airways. However, > aviation also sustained > the nationalist vision of an "American > Century" defined by U.S. > geopolitical, economic, and > ideological power. The airplane promised to > extend America's > frontiers "to infinity," as Pan Am President Juan T. Trippe > was fond of saying. Ultimately, aviation helped define a nationalist > globalism that construed America's interests as the world's interests. > The > cultural "logic of the air" embodied the > universalizing aspirations of > American foreign policy, yet also > signified what was exceptional about the > United States; aviation > both instantiated American empire and denied that it > was such. The > article traces this dynamic by examining both cultural > representations of aviation and U.S. international aviation policy. > > > Timothy H.B. Stoneman (2007) "An 'African' Gospel: > American Evangelical > Radio in West Africa, 1954-1970", New > Global Studies: Vol. 1: No. 1, Article > 3. > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art3 > > ABSTRACT: > During the second half of the twentieth century, Christianity underwent > an > epochal transformation from a predominantly Western religion to a > world > religion largely defined by non-Western adherents in Africa, > Asia, and Latin > America. Broadcast media, spearheaded by American > evangelical missionaries, > played an important role in the > globalization of Christianity. After WWII, > conservative Protestant > missionaries from the United States established a > "far-flung > global network" of radio stations around the world with the > avowed purpose of proselytizing the entire globe. In Liberia, American > > missionaries organized Station ELWA, the first evangelical station > in > Africa. The medium of radio proved well suited to the > "universal" mission of > American evangelicals, particularly > after the expansion of worldwide > ownership in transistor radios > during the 1960s. Yet the success of > missionary radio stations such > as ELWA rested on an extensive process of > translation into local > customs and practices. Between 1954 and 1970, ELWA > officials and > workers constructed transmission platforms, political > relations, > language services, receiver distribution campaigns, and community > networks. These constructs functioned as the crucial grids through which > the > "universal" meaning of evangelicalism was produced at > the grass-roots level. > As the history of ELWA in Liberia makes > clear, American evangelical > broadcasters acquired converts only by > adapting their gospel message to fit > particular churches, cultures, > and contexts across the globe. Localizing > missionary radio required > the appropriation of indigenous cultural capital, > the transposition > of national partners, and the active agency of audiences > on the > ground. > > > Yi-Fu Tuan (2007) "Power, Modernity and > Traditional Cultures", New Global > Studies: Vol. 1: No. 1, > Article 4. > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art4 > > ABSTRACT: > A fable and a dream about the intersection of global and > local culture. > > > Daniel J. Sargent (2007) "School of > Zbigniew", New Global Studies: Vol. 1: > No. 1, Article 5. > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art5 > > ABSTRACT: > Daniel J. Sargent reviews Zbigniew Brzezinski's Second Chance. > > > Phyllis Thompson (2007) "Food for the Masses", New > Global Studies: Vol. 1: > No. 1, Article 6. > http://www.bepress.com/ngs/vol1/iss1/art6 > > ABSTRACT: > Phyllis Thompson reviews Kenneth Kiple's A Movable Feast: Ten Millennia > of > Food Globalization. > > > > > If you wish to > be removed from this mailing list, please go to the website > below. > > > http://www.bepress.com/cgi/unsubscribe.cgi?sending=9920&rr=5207289&email=sag> > ha%40pratt.edu > > For further information regarding this > message, please contact > info-mailers@bepress.com >
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