GEOPOLITICS OF EMOTION, THE: HOW CULTURES OF FEAR, HUMILIATION, AND HOPE ARE RESHAPING THE WORLD

Geopolitics Of Emotion: How Cultures Of Fear, Humiliation, And Hope Are Reshaping The World The first book to expose and investigate the far-reaching emotional impact of globalization. In his celebrated 1993 bookThe Clash of Civilizations,political scientist Samuel Huntington argued that the fundamental source of conflict in the post–Cold War world would not be primarily ideological or economic, but cultural. InThe Geopolitics of EmotionDominique Moïsi, a leading authority on international affairs, demonstrates that our post-9/11 world has become divided by more than cultural fault lines between nations and civilizations. Moïsi brilliantly chronicles how the geopolitics of today is characterized by a “clash of emotions,” and how cultures of fear, humiliation, and hope are reshaping the world. Moïsi contends that both the United States and Europe have been dominated by fears of the “other” and of their loss of a national identity and purpose. Instead of being united by their fears, the twin pillars of the West are more often divided by them—or, rather, by bitter debates over how best to confront or transcend them. For Muslims and Arabs, the combination of historical grievances, exclusion from the economic boon of globalization, and civil and religious conflicts extending from their homelands to the Muslim diaspora have created a culture of humiliation that is quickly devolving into a culture of hatred. Meanwhile, Asia has been ableto concentrate on building a better future and seizing the economic initiative from the American-dominated West and so creating a new culture of hope. Do these emotions represent underlying cultural tendencies characteristic of particular regions and populations today? How will these varying emotions influence the political, social, and cultural conflicts that roil our world? How can the West transcend its fear and avoid sliding into protectionism or militarism? What can the Muslim world do to overcome is legacy of humiliation? Will China and
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ISBN 9780307387370
Weight (kgs.) 0.22
Author MOISI, DOMINIQUE
Publisher RANDOM HOUSE, INC.
Publication Date Jun 01, 2010
Book Size (cm.) 130 x 204 x 14
Language English
Number of Pages 176
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