The Anti-American Century

Ivan Krastev, Alan McPherson, Ivan Krastev, Alan McPherson

• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN: 9789637326806
• eBook ISBN: 9786155211096
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: 20th Century History
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book interrogates the nature of anti-Americanism today and over the last century. It asks several questions: How do we define the phenomenon from different perspectives: political, social, and cultural? What are the historical sources and turning points of anti-Americanism in Europe and elsewhere? What are its links with anti-Semitic sentiment? Has anti-Americanism been beneficial or self-destructive to its "believers"? Finally, how has the United States responded and why?The authors, scholars from a multitude of countries, tackle the potential political consequences of anti-Americanism in Eastern and Central Europe, the region that has been perceived as strongly pro-American.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• The Anti-American Century?
• “Little America”—Eastern European Economic Cultures in the EU
• Anti-Americanism in Latin America and the Caribbean—“False Populism” or Coming Full Circle?
• Rethinking Young Anti-Americanism in South Korea
• How “Big Brother” Became the “Great Satan”—Changing Perceptions of the United States among the Muslim Communities of Southeast Asia
• A Plea for Distinctions–Disentangling Anti-Americanism from Anti-Semitism
• List of Contributors
• Back cover