The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas

The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas

The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas

The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas

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Overview

Free-market capitalism, hegemony, Western culture, peace, and democracy—the ideas that shaped world politics in the twentieth century and underpinned American foreign policy—have lost a good deal of their strength. Authority is now more contested and power more diffuse. Hegemony (benign or otherwise) is no longer a choice, not for the United States, for China, or for anyone else.

Steven Weber and Bruce Jentleson are not declinists, but they argue that the United States must take a different stance toward the rest of the world in this, the twenty-first century. Now that we can’t dominate others, we must rely on strategy, making trade-offs and focusing our efforts. And they do not mean military strategy, such as “the global war on terror.” Rather, we must compete in the global marketplace of ideas—with state-directed capitalism, with charismatic authoritarian leaders, with jihadism. In politics, ideas and influence are now critical currency.

At the core of our efforts must be a new conception of the world order based on mutuality, and of a just society that inspires and embraces people around the world.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674058187
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 09/30/2010
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Steven Weber is Professor in the School of Information and Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a global leader in the analysis of issues at the intersection of technology markets, intellectual property, and international politics. His books include The Success of Open Source and, with Bruce W. Jentleson, The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas (both from Harvard).

Bruce W. Jentleson is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University.

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Janice Stein

Weber and Jentleson put forward a powerful and provocative view of the coming frontiers for foreign policy - a global competition of ideas. Their arguments pose the right challenge to governments, corporations, and NGOs operating on a global stage, and provide practical advice for what to do about it.
Janice Stein, Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

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