Introduction 1
1．Why This Study? 1
2．Why The Economist? 3
2.1 The Economist：The Model of a Successful Democracy 3
2.2 Questions under Discussion 5
2.3 Sample Texts and Oxford Wordsmith Tools 6
3．How This Book Is Organized？ 8
Chapter One Theoretical and Methodological Approaches 10
1．The Theory of Narrative 10
1.1 Mieke Bal and Narratology 10
1.2 The Economist's Globalization as a Metanarrative 20
2．Theories of the News 22
2.1 Allen Bell's"News Story" 22
2.2 Roger Fowler's"Conscious Intervention" 24
2.3 The Economist as a Case Study 25
3．Rhetorical Theories 26
3.1 Defining Features of Rhetoric 26
3.2 Artistic and Inartistic Proofs 27
3.3 Theory of Persuasion 28
3.4 Toulmin's Model 28
3.5 Universal Pragmatics and Communicative Competence 31
3.6 Symbolic Action and Terministic Screens 31
3.7 The Relation between Discursive Reality and Material Reality 32
4．"Tongbian"：A Distinct Chinese Thinking Mode 33
Summary 36
Chapter Two A Review of the Globalization Debate 37
1．Historiography of the Origin of Globalization 38
1.1 A Very Long-Term View 39
1.2 The Thirteenth Century：A Non-Eurocentric Perspective 41
1.3 The Sixteenth Century：A Mainstream View 42
1.4 The Nineteenth Century：An Economic Perspective 45
1.5 The Post-War Time：A Transformational View 47
2．Historiography of the Concept of Globalization 49
2.1 Poetic Representations of the Globe 49
2.2 Historical Account of the Discourses of Globalization 55
Summary 70
Chapter Three The Economist's Five Prominent Editors 72
1．The Economist's Editors 72
2．Why the Five Editors 74
3．Three Early Editors 77
3.1 James Wilson：An Extreme Proponent of Laissez-Faire 77
3.2 Walter Bagehot：A Moderate Proponent of Laissez-Faire 81
3.3 Sir.Layton：A Welfare-State Liberal 86
4．Two Most Recent Editors 90
4.1 Bill Emmott：An Obsessive Believer in Capitalism 90
4.2 John Micklethwait：A Free Trader under the Banner of Globalization 94
Summary 99
Chapter Four The Economist's Perception of Globalization 100
1．Definition of Globalization 100
2．Origin and History of Globalization 106
3．Nature of Globalization 108
4．Causes of Globalization 111
5．Benefits of Globalization 112
6．Threats of Globalization 116
7．Forms of Globalization 118
8．Extent of Globalization 120
9．Components of Globalization 121
Summary 123
Chapter Five The Economist's Construction of Globalization：A Metanarrative 125
1．Concern over a Metanarrative of Globalization 125
2．Construction of Globalization：A Metanarrative 126
2.1 Fabula：A Human Construction 126
2.2 Story：An Old Tale of Free Trade 168
Summary 177
Chapter Six The Economist's Innovation：Global Warming as a Test Case 178
1．Concept of Global Warming 178
2．The Economist's Perception of Global Warming 181
2.1 The Cause of Global Warming 181
2.2 The Effect of Global Warming 185
2.3 The Political Economy of Global Warming 188
3．Construction of Global Warming：A Metanarrative 197
3.1 Fabula：A Changing Scenario 197
3.2 Story：An Updated Tale of Free Trade 217
3.3 Text：An Updated Liberal Discourse 224
4．Rhetorical Shift 228
Summary 231
Chapter Seven Transcendence of The Economists Globalization Paradigm：A Chinese View 232
1．An Old Narrative of Globalization 232
2．An Updated Narrative of Globalization 234
3．Challenges to The Economist's Globalization 237
3.1 Western Globalization vs.Non-Western Globalization 237
3.2 Human Desires vs.Respect for Nature 239
3.3 Self-Interest vs.Global Public Good 240
4．Hexie Shijie"：China's View of Globalization 242
4.1 The Economist's Vision of"Harmony of the Sphere" 242
4.2 The Economist's Interpretation of"Hexie Shijie" 245
4.3 True Meaning of"Hexie Shijie" 246
5．Toward a New Direction for Globalization 256
Summary 259
Abbreviations 260
Bibliography 263
Acknowledgments 276