Global Injustice Symbols and Social Movements examines our collective moral and political maps, dotted with symbols shaped by political dynamics beyond their local or national origin and offers the first systematic sociological treatment of this important phenomenon.

Autorentext
Thomas Olesen is Associate Professor of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. His research interests lie in the intersection of social movements, globality, solidarity, communication, and media. He has contributed widely to the fields of social movements and global sociology in journals such as Mobilization, Research in Social Movements, Conflicts, and Change, and International Political Sociology.

Inhalt

1. Global Injustice Symbols 2. Political Iconography 3. Grievance Communities 4. Moral Memories 5. Dramatic Diffusion 6. A Global Society?