[lit-ideas] Re: The myth of the "American Century," or Calling Americans back to greatness
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 08:51:53 -0700
*I agree. That many Chinese seem bound on insisting
that the 21st century should be the Chinese century
indicates that that they have bought into the myth of
the "American century."
That's an interesting idea. Maybe the time of "anyone's century" is something from the
colonialist/imperialist past (the Spanish Century, the British Century, the American Six
Months or So, etc.) Globalization means no center. The Chinese may find that when it's time
for "their" century, the whole thing has become irrelevant.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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