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Terrorism, Tourism and the End of Hospitality in the 'West' by Maximiliano E. Korstanje (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This book explores how the contemporary threat of terrorism is eroding the concept of hospitality in the West. Going beyond the immediate effects of terrorism that are daily portrayed in the media and have shaped the foreign policy agenda of politicians in Europe and the US, this study explores the conceptual framework of how terrorism emerged and expanded within the West and shows how it interacts with, and targets, leisure consumerism and the international hospitality industry. ** Review “Maximiliano Korstanje’s latest book is a wide ranging reconsideration of the relationship between contemporary terrorism and tourism. Its central thesis is that ‘terrorism is modern tourism by other means.’ Korstanje goes back to the European conquests and imperialism of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to show that terrorism and its adjunct industries are but the latest form of global capitalist exploitation as spearheaded by the West, and especially the Anglophone states. This fresh, critical assessment provides readers with a thought-provoking reassessment of current modernity and a less than sanguine view of its future.” (Geoffrey Skoll, Emeritus Professor, SUNY Buffalo, USA) “Maximill
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- Author
- Maximiliano E. Korstanje (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783319522517
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Western, Science