Envisioning the World: Mapping and Making the Global

The »global« is permanently made and remade by how it is envisioned in political projects, in language, and in literature. Through a range of case studies, this book shows how practices of referring to the world actually constitute the global in its many facets. It aims to provide a sense in readers of how the global is not something »out there«, but that it is embedded in a wide range of the seemingly »everyday«. The contributions appeal to a readership from a background in Sociology, History, Political Science, Literary Studies, and Social Work.

Sandra Holtgreve, born in 1989, is a doctoral researcher at Bielefeld University and part of the Research Training Group »World Politics«. She studied Social Work, sociology, and Inter-American Studies. Her doctoral research deals with knowledge sociology and Social Work education.
Karlson Preuss, born in 1988, is a doctoral researcher at Bielefeld University and part of the Research Training Group »World Politics«. He studied philosophy, sociology, French and Comparative Constitutional Law and is currently working on his PhD in the field of Sociology of Law.
Mathias Albert, born in 1967, is a professor of political science at Bielefeld University and Speaker of the Research Training Group »World Politics«. In addition to his research in the history and sociology of world politics, he is active in youth studies (Shell Jugendstudie) and in polar research.