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Manfred D. Steger (born 1961) is a professor at the
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at Manoa. He was also Professor of Global Studies and Director of the Globalism Research Centre at
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in Australia until 2013.


Background

Steger was born in
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and left there in 1986 to study in the
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. He earned a PhD in political theory and comparative politics at
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in 1995. As of 2013, Steger is a member of the editorial board of the ''
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'', the research journal of the
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.


Scholarship

Steger's research and teaching spans
globalization Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. The term ''globalization'' first appeared in the early 20t ...
,
ideology An ideology is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely epistemic, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones." Formerly applied pri ...
, and
non-violence Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to others under any condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosoph ...
. Steger won the 2003 Michael Harrington Award with his study on ''Globalism: The New Market Ideology'' (Rowman & Littelfield, 2002).
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(Worldcat Identities) lists sixteen of his works which have achieved a global library presence of more than 300 global libraries.


Festschrift by Palgrave Macmillan

The international publisher
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published in 2019 a
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on Steger's work. The book "Revisiting the Global Imaginary. Theories, Ideologies, Subjectivities: Essays in Honor of Manfred Steger Editors: Chris Hudson, and Erin Wilson.
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say: ''"Manfred B. Steger’s extensive body of work on globalization has made him one of the most influential scholars working in the field of global studies today. His conceptualization of the global imaginary is amongst the most significant developments in thinking about globalization of the last three decades. Revisiting the Global Imaginary pays tribute to Steger’s contribution to our intellectual history with essays on the evolution, ontological foundations and methodological approaches to the study of the global imaginary."''


Bibliography

* Justice Globalism: Ideology, Crises, Policy (with James Goodman and Erin K. Wilson).London: Sage Publications, 2013. * Steger, M., & James, P. (2019). Globalization Matters. In Globalization Matters: Engaging the Global in Unsettled Times (pp. I-Ii). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. *
The rise of the global imaginary: political ideologies from the French Revolution to the global war on terror
', Oxford University Press, 2008. *
Judging nonviolence: the dispute between realists and idealists
', Routledge, 2003. *''Globalization: a very short introduction'', Oxford University Press, 2003, 2nd edition, 2009. *''Globalism: the new market ideology'', Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002, 2nd edition, 2005, 3rd edition, 2009. *''Gandhi's dilemma: nonviolent principles and nationalist power'', St. Martin's Press, 2000. *
The quest for evolutionary socialism: Eduard Bernstein and social democracy
', Cambridge University Press, 1997. ;Co-author *''Neoliberalism'', by Manfred B. Steger and Ravi K. Roy, Oxford University Press, 2010. *
Ideologies of globalism
', edited by Paul James and Manfred B. Steger, Sage, 2010 *''Rethinking globalism'', edited by Manfred B. Steger, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004. *''Social capital: critical perspectives on community and "Bowling alone"'', edited by Scott L. McLean, David A. Schultz, and Manfred B. Steger, New York University Press, 2002. *''Grassroots Zen'', by Manfred B. Steger and Perle Besserman, Tuttle Publishing, 2001. *''Violence and its alternatives: an interdisciplinary reader'', edited by Manfred B. Steger and Nancy S. Lind, Macmillan, 1999. *''Engels after Marx'', edited by Manfred B. Steger and Terrell Carver, Manchester University Press, 1999. *''Selected writings of Eduard Bernstein, 1900-1921'', edited, translated, and with an introduction by Manfred Steger, Humanities Press, 1996. *''Crazy Clouds: Zen radicals, rebels, and reformers'', by Perle Besserman and Manfred Steger, Shambhala, 1991.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steger, Manfred Living people University of Hawaiʻi faculty 1961 births Austrian political scientists Austrian sociologists Cross-cultural studies Austrian emigrants to the United States