Sloterdijk (philosophy and aesthetics, Karlsruhe School of Design) visualizes terrestrial globalization as a more logically and historically powerful process than the imaginary monster commonly feared among liberal pundits and writers. The historical sketches are an augmentation to the author's Spheres project, which is a more extensive attempt to integrate the narrative and the philosophical dimensions with each other. Originally published in German as Im Weltinnenraum des Kapitals by Suhrkamp Verlag in 2005. Distributed by Wiley. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)