Petra Rethmann is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University. Imre Szeman is Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies and a professor of English and film studies at the University of Alberta. William D. Coleman is CIGI Chair in Globalization and Public Policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Contributors: Eric Cazdyn, Arif Dirlik, Anna Greenspan, Heike Härting, Peter Hitchcock, Alex Khasnabish, Neil McLaughlin, Wren Nasr, Susie O'Brien, Colin Scott, Tim Sedo

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction: Cultural Autonomy, Politics, and Global Capitalism / William D. Coleman, Imre Szeman, and Petra Rethman2 Our Ways of Knowing: Globalization – The End of Universalism? / Arif Dirlik3 Bioeconomics, Culture, and Politics after Globalization / Eric Cazdyn4 Globalization, Postmodernism, and (Autonomous) Criticism / Imre Szeman5 The World, the Literary, and the Political / Peter Hitchcock6 Global Public Intellectuals, Autonomy, and Culture: Reflections Inspired by the Death of Edward Said / Neil McLaughlin7 The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessment: James Bay Crees and Hydroelectric Projects / Wren Nasr and Colin Scott8 Global Humanitarianism and Racial Autonomy in Roméo Dallaire's Shake Hands with the Devil / Heike Härting9 Global Activism and the Visual Grammar of Nature / Petra Rethmann10 Making Big Noise: The Northern Resonance of Zapatismo / Alex Khasnabish11 Anti-Fascist Gluttons of the World Unite! The Cultural Politics of Slow Food / Susie O'Brien12 Autonomy on the Market: China and India Change Tracks / Anna Greenspan13 Dead-Stock Boards, Blown-Out Spots, and the Olympic Games: Global Twists and Local Turns in the Formation of China's Skateboarding Community / Tim SedoNotes and Acknowledgments; Works Cited; Contributors; Index

Petra Rethmann is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University. Imre Szeman is Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies and a professor of English and film studies at the University of Alberta. William D. Coleman is CIGI Chair in Globalization and Public Policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Contributors: Eric Cazdyn, Arif Dirlik, Anna Greenspan, Heike Härting, Peter Hitchcock, Alex Khasnabish, Neil McLaughlin, Wren Nasr, Susie O'Brien, Colin Scott, Tim Sedo

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction: Cultural Autonomy, Politics, and Global Capitalism / William D. Coleman, Imre Szeman, and Petra Rethman2 Our Ways of Knowing: Globalization – The End of Universalism? / Arif Dirlik3 Bioeconomics, Culture, and Politics after Globalization / Eric Cazdyn4 Globalization, Postmodernism, and (Autonomous) Criticism / Imre Szeman5 The World, the Literary, and the Political / Peter Hitchcock6 Global Public Intellectuals, Autonomy, and Culture: Reflections Inspired by the Death of Edward Said / Neil McLaughlin7 The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessment: James Bay Crees and Hydroelectric Projects / Wren Nasr and Colin Scott8 Global Humanitarianism and Racial Autonomy in Roméo Dallaire's Shake Hands with the Devil / Heike Härting9 Global Activism and the Visual Grammar of Nature / Petra Rethmann10 Making Big Noise: The Northern Resonance of Zapatismo / Alex Khasnabish11 Anti-Fascist Gluttons of the World Unite! The Cultural Politics of Slow Food / Susie O'Brien12 Autonomy on the Market: China and India Change Tracks / Anna Greenspan13 Dead-Stock Boards, Blown-Out Spots, and the Olympic Games: Global Twists and Local Turns in the Formation of China's Skateboarding Community / Tim SedoNotes and Acknowledgments; Works Cited; Contributors; Index

Petra Rethmann is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University. Imre Szeman is Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies and a professor of English and film studies at the University of Alberta. William D. Coleman is CIGI Chair in Globalization and Public Policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Contributors: Eric Cazdyn, Arif Dirlik, Anna Greenspan, Heike Härting, Peter Hitchcock, Alex Khasnabish, Neil McLaughlin, Wren Nasr, Susie O'Brien, Colin Scott, Tim Sedo

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction: Cultural Autonomy, Politics, and Global Capitalism / William D. Coleman, Imre Szeman, and Petra Rethman2 Our Ways of Knowing: Globalization – The End of Universalism? / Arif Dirlik3 Bioeconomics, Culture, and Politics after Globalization / Eric Cazdyn4 Globalization, Postmodernism, and (Autonomous) Criticism / Imre Szeman5 The World, the Literary, and the Political / Peter Hitchcock6 Global Public Intellectuals, Autonomy, and Culture: Reflections Inspired by the Death of Edward Said / Neil McLaughlin7 The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessment: James Bay Crees and Hydroelectric Projects / Wren Nasr and Colin Scott8 Global Humanitarianism and Racial Autonomy in Roméo Dallaire's Shake Hands with the Devil / Heike Härting9 Global Activism and the Visual Grammar of Nature / Petra Rethmann10 Making Big Noise: The Northern Resonance of Zapatismo / Alex Khasnabish11 Anti-Fascist Gluttons of the World Unite! The Cultural Politics of Slow Food / Susie O'Brien12 Autonomy on the Market: China and India Change Tracks / Anna Greenspan13 Dead-Stock Boards, Blown-Out Spots, and the Olympic Games: Global Twists and Local Turns in the Formation of China's Skateboarding Community / Tim SedoNotes and Acknowledgments; Works Cited; Contributors; Index