Promotional Information

" This is a broad and authoritative book, which puts together philosophy, politics, economy and technology. Much more than a loose collection of articles, the book expresses a coherent point of view: cosmopolitan in outlook but attentive to local differences and specific cultural practices. Held and Moore have produced a benchmark book in the analysis of cultural politics." Richard Sennett - Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and New York University "A major contribution to interdisciplinary debates on contemporary culture and a must for every thinking person." Rosi Braidotti - Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Utrecht University

About the Author

Henrietta L. Moore is Professor of Social Anthropology at the LSE, and the Director of the Cultural Globalization Project at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance.David Held is a British political theorist and a prominent figure within the field of international relations. He is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics.

Reviews

"This is a broad and authoritative book, which puts together philosophy, politics, economy and technology. Much more than a loose collection of articles, the book expresses a coherent point of view: cosmopolitan in outlook but attentive to local differences and specific cultural practices. Held and Moore have produced a benchmark book in the analysis of cultural politics." Richard Sennett - Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and New York University."This is a staggering collection of state-of-the art interventions by top-notch specialists and world-renowned scholarsA...A major contribution to interdisciplinary debates on contemporary culture, and a must for every thinking person." Rosi Braidotti, Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Utrecht University