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Terrorism, Tourism and the End of Hospitality in the 'West'

Autor Maximiliano E. Korstanje
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 mai 2018
This book explores how the contemporary threat of terrorism is eroding the concept of hospitality in the West. Going beyond the immediate effects of terrorism that are daily portrayed in the media and have shaped the foreign policy agenda of politicians in Europe and the US, this study explores the conceptual framework of how terrorism emerged and expanded within the West and shows how it interacts with, and targets, leisure consumerism and the international hospitality industry.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319848587
ISBN-10: 3319848585
Pagini: 204
Ilustrații: VII, 204 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction .- 2. The Other in Western Civilization .- 3. The Concept of Civility and Law .- 4. The Rise of the Nation-State and Free Transit .- 5. The Problem of Terrorism .- 6. The Industry of Travels and Tourism .- 7. The Globalization of Fear .- 8. How Terrorism Changed the Ways of Interpreting Hospitality .- 9. Conclusion: Hospitality in the New Millennium.


Notă biografică

Maximiliano E. Korstanje is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Palermo, Argentina. He is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism and the International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism. Previously, he was Visiting Fellow at CERS University of Leeds, UK, and the University of La Habana, Cuba.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

This book explores how the contemporary threat of terrorism is eroding the concept of hospitality in the West. Going beyond the immediate effects of terrorism that are daily portrayed in the media and have shaped the foreign policy agenda of politicians in Europe and the US, this study explores the conceptual framework of how terrorism emerged and expanded within the West and shows how it interacts with, and targets, leisure consumerism and the international hospitality industry.

Caracteristici

Constitutes an original contribution to the debate around the intertwining of terrorism and the international hospitality industry Contextualizes the current rise of xenophobia in Europe and the US within the history of hospitality in the West Expands our current thinking of terrorism to discuss broader implications for how it will continue to reshape our interaction with all 'Others'