The anti-American century / edited by Ivan Krastev and Alan McPherson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krastev, Ivan, 1965-

McPherson, Alan L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-Americanism--History--20th century--Congresses.

Anti-Americanism.

Anti-Americanism--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book interrogates the nature of anti-Americanism today and over the last century. It asks several questions: How do we define the phenomenon from different perspectives: political, social, and cultural? What are the historical sources and turning points of anti-Americanism in Europe and elsewhere? What are its links with anti-Semitic sentiment? Has anti-Americanism been beneficial or self-destructive to its "believers"? Finally, how has the United States responded and why? The authors, scholars from a multitude of countries, tackle the potential political consequences of anti-Americanism in Eastern and Central Europe, the region that has been perceived as strongly pro-American.

Contents:

Introduction / Ivan Krastev

The anti-American century? / Ivan Krastev

"Little America" : on the non-European features of Eastern European societies / Janos Matyas Kovacs

Anti-Americanism in Latin America and the Caribbean : "false populism" or coming full circle? / Alan McPherson

Rethinking young anti-Americanism in South Korea / Youngshik Bong and Katharine H.S. Moon

How "big brother" became the "great satan" : changing perceptions of the United States among the Muslim communities of Southeast Asia / Farish Ahmad Noor

A plea for distinctions : disentangling anti-Americanism from anti-semitism / Brian Klug.

Notes:

"Papers in this volume were first presented at the conference 'Past and Present: Is There Anything New with Anti-Americanism Today?' held at Central European University in Budapest in December 2004"--Ack.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-72226-1

978-615-5211-09-6

978-6-15521-109-6

9786155211096

615-5211-09-4

2-8218-1529-8

1-281-12891-0

9786611128913

1-4294-6962-5

9781003722267

OCLC:

815543619