TY - BOOK AU - Wallerstein,Immanuel Maurice TI - The decline of American power: the U.S. in a chaotic world SN - 1565847997 (pbk.) AV - 002 E 840 W187d 2003 U1 - 327.73 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - New Press KW - September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 KW - Political culture KW - United States KW - Rhetoric KW - Political aspects KW - Right and left (Political science) KW - Social movements KW - World politics KW - 21st century KW - Forecasting KW - Foreign relations KW - 1989- KW - 1945-1989 KW - Politics and government N1 - 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?" ER -