Bibliograph

The decline of American power, the U.S. in a chaotic world, Immanuel Wallerstein

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The decline of American power, the U.S. in a chaotic world, Immanuel Wallerstein

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The decline of American power

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Immanuel Wallerstein

Sub title

the U.S. in a chaotic world

Summary

The United States currently finds itself [a] superpower that lacks true power, a world leader nobody follows and few respect, and a nation drifting dangerously amidst a global chaos it cannot control. The United States in decline? Its admirers and detractors alike claim the opposite: America is now in a position of unprecedented global supremacy. But in fact, Immanuel Wallerstein argues, a more nuanced evaluation of recent history reveals that America has been fading as a global power since the end of the Vietnam War, and its response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 looks certain to hasten that decline. In this provocative collection, the visionary originator of world-systems analysis and the most innovative social scientist of his generation turns a practiced analytical eye to the turbulent beginnings of the twenty-first century. Touching on globalization, Islam, racism, democracy, intellectuals, and the state of the left wing, Wallerstein upends conventional wisdom to produce a clear-eyed-and troubling-assessment of the crumbling international order

Target audience

adult

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