This book shows how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gospel of the free market became the only world-religion of universal validity. The belief that all value needs to be quantifiable was extended to human beings, whose value became dependent on their rating on the various ranking-scales in the global infotainment system.
- | Author: C. Strenger
- | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- | Publication Date: March 08, 2011
- | Number of Pages: 221 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0230113753
- | ISBN-13: 9780230113756