Cosmopolitanism, markets and consumption: a critical global perspective

Addresses the complicated question of how markets and consumption create the possibilities for cross-cultural exchanges and the multicultural pleasures of omnivorous consumption, whilst at the same time building new boundaries and distinctions, paving the way for new exploitative relationships, and initiating novel modes of status and capital accumulation.

The contributors identify that the divide between the economic and ethical dimensions of globalisation has never seemed in sharper relief.