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"This provocative book takes the form of a dialogue between French
Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine and international relations expert
Dominique Moisi. Vedrine expresses his frank views of the U.S.
""hyperpower,"" France's role in the world, Europe's future, the
current structure of the international system, and the role of
ethics in international affairs. Probing the historic, diplomatic
and cultural issues that unite and divide two historical allies,
the book give unique insights into French thinking about the world,
and France and America's respective roles in it. ""Like the French
satirical television show that twits the United States for being
the 'World Company' that invades peoples lives around the globe,
the French foreign minister, Hubert Vedrine, expresses frustration,
and perhaps a little envy, at America's dominion.... ""Since
becoming foreign minister three years ago, Mr. Vedrine, 53, a
lawyer and previously the senior foreign policy advisor to Francois
Mitterand when he was president, has made a priority of making
distinctions between France and the United States. That has left
senior American officials muttering more than usual about the
French."" --New York Times "
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.
Samuel Huntington's landmark book, The Clash of Civilizations,
presented a vision of a world divided by cultural differences,
national interests, and political ideologies. In The Geopolitics of
Emotion, Dominique Moisi brilliantly demonstrates that the world is
nowadays more likely to be shaped by the 'clash of emotions'. Moisi
contends that both Europe and the United States are dominated by a
fear of the 'other' and by the loss of their national identity and
purpose. For Muslims and Arabs, the combination of historical
grievances, exclusion from the economic boon of globalization, and
civil and religious warfare has created a culture of humiliation
that is quickly devolving into a culture of hatred. And as the West
and the Muslim world lock horns, Asia, able to concentrate on
building a better future, has come to embody 'the culture of hope'.
By making clear the driving emotions behind today's headlines,
Dominique Moisi offers a better understanding of the world we live
in and perhaps a more constructive approach to the conflicts that
plague us.
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