The End of Arrogance - American in the Global Competition of Ideas

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-674-05818-7
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 205 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Free-market capitalism, hegemony, Western culture, peace, and democracy—the ideas that shaped world politics in the twentieth century and underpinned American foreign policy—have lost a good deal of their strength. Authority is now more contested and power more diffuse. Hegemony (benign or otherwise) is no longer a choice, not for the United States, for China, or for anyone else. Steven Weber and Bruce Jentleson are not declinists, but they argue that the United States must take a different stance toward the rest of the world in this, the twenty-first century. Now that we can’t dominate others, we must rely on strategy, making trade-offs and focusing our efforts. And they do not mean military strategy, such as “the global war on terror.” Rather, we must compete in the global marketplace of ideas—with state-directed capitalism, with charismatic authoritarian leaders, with jihadism. In politics, ideas and influence are now critical currency. At the core of our efforts must be a new conception of the world order based on mutuality, and of a just society that inspires and embraces people around the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weber, Steven

Jentleson, Bruce W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung

Über Autor(innen)

Jentleson, Bruce W.
Bruce W. Jentleson is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University.

Weber, Steven
Steven Weber is Professor in the School of Information and Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a global leader in the analysis of issues at the intersection of technology markets, intellectual property, and international politics. His books include <i>The Success of Open Source</i> and, with Bruce W. Jentleson, <i>The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas</i> (both from Harvard).