The the U.S. in a chaotic world Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice 1930- creator text nyu New York New Press 2003 monographic eng

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x, 324 p. ; 19 cm. 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?" Immanuel Wallerstein. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- United States Foreign relations 1989- United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 United States Politics and government 1989- Political culture United States Rhetoric Political aspects United States Right and left (Political science) Social movements World politics 21st century Forecasting 002 E 840 W187d 2003 327.73 1565847997 (pbk.) 9781565847996 (pbk.) 2003050994 DLC 060907 20230404125822.0 17668