[lit-ideas] Re: The myth of the "American Century," or Calling Americans back to greatness
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:12:13 -0700
"Globalization means no center."
ck: That's what I meant when I wrote that it will be "no one's" century. But
do the neocons agree, or are they still planning for their "New American
Century"?
Carol
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From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The myth of the "American Century," or Calling
Americans back to greatness
>> *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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