Connectivity and Global Studies

1 Global Why Global Gifts, Global Demands Global Data Global Narratives 2 Global How Globalization Global Studies Spring Cleaning 3 Forty-Four Theses on Globalization 4 Pattern Analysis Shortcuts Tools Pattern Analysis 5 Histories of Globalization Presentism and Eurocentrism World Histories Units of Analysis Oriental Globalization Retiming Globalization 6 Decentering Rome Greco-Roman History Ask What Rome Can Do for Globalization Rome Is Globalized and Globalizing 7 DNA and Connectivity Coming Home to Globalization DNA Analysis Identity and Time 8 Technology and ConnectivityInstrumentalism, Tech Optimism Tech and Hegemony, WikiLeaks and SnowdenTransparency from Above, from Below What Is Truth? Tech and Institutions 9 Art and Connectivity Civilizations and Osmosis Power and Patronage Modern Syntheses Contemporary Art/Contemporary Globalization  Distributed Consciousness 10 Borders and Connectivity, Enlargement-and-ContainmentBoundaries and Borders Enlargement-and-Containment, Debordering and Rebordering 11 Paradoxes of Populism Authoritarianism and Rightwing Populism Paradoxes of Populism Long Waves Deglobalization or Reorganization of Globalization? Afterword References Index