The anti-American century / edited by Ivan Krastev and Alan McPherson.

• Author: Ivan Krastev, Alan McPherson
• TeilnehmendeR: Krastev, Ivan.; McPherson, Alan L.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (162 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: "Papers in this volume were first presented at the conference 'Past and Present: Is There Anything New with Anti-Americanism Today?' held at Central European University in Budapest in December 2004"--Ack.

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

Introduction / Ivan Krastev -- The anti-American century? / Ivan Krastev -- "Little America" : on the non-European features of Eastern European societies / Janos Matyas Kovacs -- Anti-Americanism in Latin America and the Caribbean : "false populism" or coming full circle? / Alan McPherson -- Rethinking young anti-Americanism in South Korea / Youngshik Bong and Katharine H.S. Moon -- How "big brother" became the "great satan" : changing perceptions of the United States among the Muslim communities of Southeast Asia / Farish Ahmad Noor -- A plea for distinctions : disentangling anti-Americanism from anti-semitism / Brian Klug.