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21st-Century Medieval Studies: Seeing a Forest as Well as Trees

  • Frank Battaglia (author)
Chapter of: Burn after Reading: Vol. 1, Miniature Manifestos for a Post/medieval Studies + Vol. 2, The Future We Want: A Collaboration(pp. 5–7)

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Title21st-Century Medieval Studies
SubtitleSeeing a Forest as Well as Trees
ContributorFrank Battaglia (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0067.1.04
Landing pagehttps://punctumbooks.com/titles/burn-after-reading/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
CopyrightBattaglia, Frank
Publisherpunctum books
Published on2014-04-28
Long abstractOur subject, medieval studies, was named for a “middle age.” It came between Antiquity, specifically the Roman Empire, and the nation states that succeeded it, particu-larly in Europe.An extensive regime was displaced as competing structures of power—operating from various centers but often more elaborate in their controls—struggled into existence.We live in a time when the so-called global economic system, enacted by free-range and state-run capitalisms, is extending its reach over the entire planet, dislocating national networks. International trade agreements dimin-ish the ability of even the U.S. or E.U., let alone less pow-erful entities, to enforce environmental or labor laws. Nation states are giving way to a larger system, difficult to describe, as the interests of the World Economic Forum impel events more effectively than those of the U.N. Gen-eral Assembly.1Meanwhile, from Ecuadorean tribes of the upper Amazon to the adivasi of forest India, virtually no area escapes exploitation, nor does any independent social entity avoid integration and/or obliteration.
Page rangepp. 5–7
Print length3 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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