Remarx: Place-Based Globalism: A New Imaginary

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Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Gibson-Graham, J.K.

Source:

Rethinking Marxism, Routledge, part of the Taylor \& Francis Group, Volume 20, Issue 4, Number 4, p.659 (2008)

URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08935690802299579

Keywords:

20-4

Abstract:

Over the past several decades a revolutionary ``politics of place'' has emerged around the world, linked through globally accessible media, loosely coordinated federations, and international gatherings, most notably the World Social Forum. While traditional revolutionary politics confronts a single space of dominion, the politics of place imagines and creates multiple spaces of freedom and self-determination. It is a politics of the here and now, embedded in place yet globally transformative.