The collapse of globalism and the reinvention of the world - Saul, John Ralston 1947- (Woodstock, NY The Overlook Press, 2005)
A serpent in paradise -- A summary of the promised future -- What they said it would do -- What somebody forgot to mention -- A short history of economics becoming religion. -- Pt. II. The rise. 1971 -- The vacuum ; The king's foot ; Selected romantic enthusiasms -- The gathering force -- Crucifixion economics. -- Pt. III. The plateau. Success -- 1991 -- The ideology of progress -- 1995. -- Pt. IV. The fall. A negative equilibrium -- NGOs and God -- A chronology of decline -- A chronology of decline: the Malaysian breakout -- The end of belief -- India and China -- New Zealand flips again. -- Pt. V. And where are we going now? The new vacuum: an interregnum of morbid symptoms -- The new vacuum: is the nation-state back? -- Negative nationalism -- The normalization of irregular warfare -- Positive nationalism.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-297) and index.
Keywords: Globalization; Geopolitics; World politics -- 1989- .; Nationalism; Sovereignty