Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930-

The decline of American power : the U.S. in a chaotic world / Immanuel Wallerstein. - New York : New Press, 2003. - x, 324 p. ; 19 cm.

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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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Political culture--United States.
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
Right and left (Political science)
Social movements.
World politics--Forecasting.--21st century


United States--Foreign relations--1989-
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-

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