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The Fear of Insignificance : Searching for Meaning in the Twenty-First Century /

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This book shows how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gospel of the free market became the only world-religion of universal validity. The belief that all value needs to be quantifiable was extended to human beings, whose value became dependent on their rating on the various ranking-sca...

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Main Author: Strenger, Carlo (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Political Science and International Relations.
Globalization.
International Relations.
Political Philosophy.
Political Science.
Political Sociology.
Political Theory.
International relations.
Political science > Philosophy.
Political science.
Political sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book shows how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gospel of the free market became the only world-religion of universal validity. The belief that all value needs to be quantifiable was extended to human beings, whose value became dependent on their rating on the various ranking-scales in the global infotainment system.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VII, 221 pages)
ISBN:9780230117662
DOI:10.1057/9780230117662