TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fridell,Gavin
AU  - Konings,Martijn
TI  - Age of Icons: Exploring Philanthrocapitalism in the Contemporary World
SN  - 9781442696228
AV  - HM836.A346 2013 
U1  - 361.7 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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