Fridell, Gavin. <br/><br/>
Age of Icons :  Exploring Philanthrocapitalism in the Contemporary World. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (224 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Neoliberal Capitalism as the Age of Icons -- 1 Humanitarian Heroes? -- 2 The "Oprah Effect": The Ideological Work of Neoliberalism -- 3 Celebritus Politicus, Neoliberal Sustainabilities, and the Terrains of Care -- 4 Al Gore as Carbon Warrior: The Politics of Inaction -- 5 (Product) RED: Glam Aid, Consumer Citizens, and the Colonization of Governance -- 6 Cosmopolitanism Reinvented: Neoliberal Globalization and Thomas Friedman -- 7 Governance Fantasies: Joseph Stiglitz and the Citizen-Bureaucrat -- Bibliography -- Contributors. 
<br/><br/> This volume assesses the growing role of popular icons in the construction of a culture that appears to incorporate a critical attitude towards the capitalist experience while, in fact, legitimizing the neoliberal character of the modern world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442696228 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM836.A346 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.7