This book examines how Western culture, driven by its advanced communication industries, has come to dominate global information flows. Anthony Smith analyzes the geopolitical implications of information control, arguing that cultural and media power have become essential tools of influence in the modern world. Through an exploration of technological communication systems, cultural exchange, an…
This book contains: 1. Opening the conference 2. Towards the world of hegemony 3. The subjective limits of hegemony 4. Hegemony and the return of difference 5. Dialogue, distance and voicing 6. The emerging identitarian logics 7. Identity and representation in the age of hegemony