{"product_id":"fear-of-small-numbers-an-essay-on-the-geography-of-anger-9780822338635","title":"Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger","description":"The period since 1989 has been marked by the global endorsement of open markets, the free flow of finance capital and liberal ideas of constitutional rule, and the active expansion of human rights. Why, then, in this era of intense globalization, has there been a proliferation of violence, of ethnic cleansing on the one hand and extreme forms of political violence against civilian populations on the other?\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFear of Small Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e is Arjun Appadurai's answer to that question. A leading theorist of globalization, Appadurai turns his attention to the complex dynamics fueling large-scale, culturally motivated violence, from the genocides that racked Eastern Europe, Rwanda, and India in the early 1990s to the contemporary \"war on terror.\" Providing a conceptually innovative framework for understanding sources of global violence, he describes how the nation-state has grown ambivalent about minorities at the same time that minorities, because of global communication technologies and migration flows, increasingly see themselves as parts of powerful global majorities. By exacerbating the inequalities produced by globalization, the volatile, slippery relationship between majorities and minorities foments the desire to eradicate cultural difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppadurai analyzes the darker side of globalization: suicide bombings; anti-Americanism; the surplus of rage manifest in televised beheadings; the clash of global ideologies; and the difficulties that flexible, cellular organizations such as Al-Qaeda present to centralized, \"vertebrate\" structures such as national governments. Powerful, provocative, and timely, \u003ci\u003eFear of Small Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful invitation to rethink what violence is in an age of globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822338635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.30w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2009\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arjun Appadurai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51334130237621,"sku":"9780822338635","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ed7967d6-ab5f-435f-b37f-d99917aac673.jpg?v=1752583845","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fear-of-small-numbers-an-essay-on-the-geography-of-anger-9780822338635","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}