Liberal Bourgeois Protestantism—The Metaphysics of Globalization

Mocombe (philosophy and sociology, West Virginia State U.) proposes that globalization under American hegemony since the 1970s has been a process of convergence, the subjugation of other cultures and societies by the neoliberal market economy. Refuting Huntington's clash-of-civilizations model, he says there are only two forces capable of countering US hegemony: Earth itself, and Islamic Fundamentalist movements. He covers globalization, liberal bourgeois Protestantism, the historical constitution of African American consciousness in globalization, the historical constitution of Grenadian consciousness in globalization, W.E.B. du Bois, Barack Hussein Obama, and the "Others" in a world economy. He concludes by asking what is to be done. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Paul C. Mocombe is the President/CEO of The Mocombeian Foundation, Inc. A social theorist interested in the application of social theory to contemporary issues such as race, class, and capitalism (globalization), he is the author of over 30 academic journal articles and books including, Oppositional Culture Theory, The Liberal Black Protestant Heterosexual Bourgeois Male: From W.E.B. Du Bois to Barack Obama, The Soul-less Souls of Black Folk: A Sociological Reconsideration of Black Consciousness as Du Boisian Double Consciousness, A Labor Approach to the Development of the Self or Modern Personality: The Case of Public Education, and Education in Globalization.