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

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : New Press, 2003.Description: x, 324 p. ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 1565847997 (pbk.)
  • 9781565847996 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.73 21
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 840 W187d 2003
Contents:
1. Decline of the United States : the eagle has landed -- 2. The twentieth century : darkness at noon? -- 3. Globalization : a long-term trajectory of the world-system -- 4. Racism : our albatross -- 5. Islam : Islam, the West, and the world -- 6. The others : who are we? Who are the others? -- 7. Democracy : rhetoric or reality? -- 8. Intellectuals : value-neutrality in question -- 9. America and the world : the Twin Towers as metaphor -- 10. The Left, I : theory and praxis once again -- 11. The Left, II : an age of transition -- 12. The movements : what does it mean to be an antisystemic movement today? -- 13. Geopolitical cleavages of the twenty-first century : what future for the world? -- Afterwords: -- 1. The righteous war -- 2. "Shock and awe?"
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 E 840 W187d 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000015492

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Decline of the United States : the eagle has landed -- 2. The twentieth century : darkness at noon? -- 3. Globalization : a long-term trajectory of the world-system -- 4. Racism : our albatross -- 5. Islam : Islam, the West, and the world -- 6. The others : who are we? Who are the others? -- 7. Democracy : rhetoric or reality? -- 8. Intellectuals : value-neutrality in question -- 9. America and the world : the Twin Towers as metaphor -- 10. The Left, I : theory and praxis once again -- 11. The Left, II : an age of transition -- 12. The movements : what does it mean to be an antisystemic movement today? -- 13. Geopolitical cleavages of the twenty-first century : what future for the world? -- Afterwords: -- 1. The righteous war -- 2. "Shock and awe?"

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