CULT 320: Globalization and Culture

Kara Heitz, 11/11/2014

Questions:

• What defines the culture of the global super-rich?• How are the super-rich different today than the wealthy of

previous era? How are these differences related to globalization and neoliberalism?

• What is the relationship between the super-rich, philanthropy, and democracy? How should decisions about social and humanitarian programs be made ideally?

• What re some of the images and representations that circulate in popular culture about the super-rich? What is appealing about these representations? What do people get out of consuming them?