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The decline of American power : the U.S. in a chaotic world / Immanuel Wallerstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930-2019.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-.
- United States.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Politics and government.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
- Rhetoric.
- Right and left (Political science).
- Social movements.
- World politics--21st century--Forecasting.
- World politics.
- Forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- x, 324 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, [2003]
- Summary:
- Today, the United States is a superpower that lacks true power. Touching on globalization, Islam, racism, democracy, intellectuals, and the state of the Left, Wallerstein upends conventional wisdom to produce a clear-eyed--and troubling--assessment of the crumbling international order.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The American Dream Between Yesterday and Tomorrow 1
- Part I. The Thesis
- 1. Decline of the United States: The Eagle Has Crash Landed 13
- Part II. Multiple Rhetorics and Realities
- 2. The Twentieth Century: Darkness at Noon? 31
- 3. Globalization: A Long-Term Trajectory of the World-System 45
- 4. Racism: Our Albatross 69
- 5. Islam: Islam, the West, and the World 100
- 6. The Others: Who Are We? Who Are the Others? 124
- 7. Democracy: Rhetoric or Reality? 149
- 8. Intellectuals: Value-Neutrality in Question 170
- 9. America and the World: The Twin Towers as Metaphor 193
- Part III. Where Are We Heading?
- 10. The Left, I: Theory and Praxis Once Again 219
- 11. The Left, II: An Age of Transition 249
- 12. The Movements: What Does It Mean to Be an Antisystemic Movement Today? 259
- 13. Geopolitical Cleavages of the Twenty-First Century: What Future for The World? 273
- 1. The Righteous War 297
- 2. "Shock and Awe?" 303.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1565847997
- 1565848314
- OCLC:
- 52085930
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