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<p>In the forum’s conclusion, I engage with the thoughtful comments, observations, and critiques presented by my three generous interlocutors regarding my recent book, <i>Rooted Globalism: Arab-Latin American Business Elites and the Politics of Global Imaginaries</i> (2022, Indiana University Press). Specifically, I discuss the book’s findings vis-à-vis Latin American literatures on dependency theory and critical political economy more generally, critically analyze the normatively positive valence often ascribed to the ‘Global South’ and ‘South-South’ relations by analysts, scholars, and political actors, and speak to the potential generalizability of the book’s key arguments, especially in relation to other ‘diaspora’ populations in Latin America. Further, I highlight several lines of potential inquiry for future work, relating, for example, to the social role played by Arab Latin American community spaces such as clubs and private schools, as well as oft-overlooked forms of diversity and class dynamics within these communities. Finally, I reiterate the extent to which this particular axis of global-capitalist relations—with the associated imaginaries of frictionless, cross-border movement and detached, transnational elites—in fact relies heavily on a series of (ethnically situated, place-based, and thus ‘rooted’) communities and organizational spaces within Latin America that <i>Rooted Globalism</i> brings to the fore.</p>

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Reflections and conclusions

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    2025年9月3日

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  • Kevin Funk

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In the forum’s conclusion, I engage with the thoughtful comments, observations, and critiques presented by my three generous interlocutors regarding my recent book, Rooted Globalism: Arab-Latin American Business Elites and the Politics of Global Imaginaries (2022, Indiana University Press). Specifically, I discuss the book’s findings vis-à-vis Latin American literatures on dependency theory and critical political economy more generally, critically analyze the normatively positive valence often ascribed to the ‘Global South’ and ‘South-South’ relations by analysts, scholars, and political actors, and speak to the potential generalizability of the book’s key arguments, especially in relation to other ‘diaspora’ populations in Latin America. Further, I highlight several lines of potential inquiry for future work, relating, for example, to the social role played by Arab Latin American community spaces such as clubs and private schools, as well as oft-overlooked forms of diversity and class dynamics within these communities. Finally, I reiterate the extent to which this particular axis of global-capitalist relations—with the associated imaginaries of frictionless, cross-border movement and detached, transnational elites—in fact relies heavily on a series of (ethnically situated, place-based, and thus ‘rooted’) communities and organizational spaces within Latin America that Rooted Globalism brings to the fore.