Twilight of the West / Christopher Coker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coker, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--1945-1989--Philosophy.

History, Modern.

Philosophy.

Europe--Relations--United States.

Europe.

Relations.

United States.

United States--Relations--Europe.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Physical Description:

x, 203 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1998.

Summary:

In Twilight of the West, Christopher Coker offers an interpretation of why the Western Alliance is in serious trouble and why it may have entered the twilight of its collective life.

Divided into three parts, the book first looks at the cultural forces that brought the Western powers together in 1941 and prompted them to build an Atlantic community. Where the Alliance failed, however, was in taking hold where it counted most -- in the European imagination. The second part addresses the present-day consciousness of both Europe and the United States as they prepare for the twenty-first century. In the final section, Coker examines two key questions: whether the West can escape the undertow of violence that marks the end of the millennium and whether the challenges from East Asia and the Islamic world are of such magnitude that the West will have to reinvent itself.

Throughout, Coker draws on a wide-ranging discussion of Western culture to understand the changes that are taking place in the Western world. Particular emphasis is placed on the changes in philosophy that helped shape the Alliance and its view of the rest of the world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index.

ISBN:

0813333687

OCLC:

37437550