The Geopolitics of Emotion - How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World (Paperback)

The first book to expose and investigate the far-reaching emotional impact of globalization.
In his celebrated 1993 book" The 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. In" The Geopolitics of Emotion" Dominique Moisi, 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. Moisi 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.
Moisi 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 able to 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 India manage to maintain their status as the cultures of hope? And what will the effect of the world economic crisis be? By delineating the necessity of confronting emotions to understand our changing world and deciphering the driving emotions behind our cultural differences, " The Geopolitics of Emotion" presents a provocative new perspective on globalization.

General

Imprint:	Anchor Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	June 2010
Authors:	Dominique Moisi
Dimensions:	204 x 131 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-307-38737-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
LSN:	0-307-38737-2
Barcode:	9780307387370

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