Whose World Order: Russia's Perception of American Ideas After the Cold War - Couverture souple

Tsygankov, Andrei P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0268042292 ISBN 13 : 9780268042295

Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2004

Synopsis

In Whose World Order? Andrei P. Tsygankov examines how Russian elites engage American ideas of world order and why Russians perceive these ideas as unlikely to promote a just or stable international system. Tsygankov focuses on Francis Fukuyama's "end of history" thesis, which argues for the global ascendancy of Western-style market democracy, and Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations," which drew attention to what Huntington perceived to be an increasingly dominant global disorder. Tsygankov argues that Russian intellectuals received the ideas of these two prominent American scholars critically. Tsygankov traces the reasons for Russian perceptions to the ethnocentric nature of the two sets of ideas and the inability of their authors to fully appreciate Russia's distinctive historical, geopolitical, and institutional perspectives.

Throughout this rich study Tsygankov points to the need for scholars to study cultural perceptions in world politics as a means of eliminating some of the obstacles that stand in the way of a truly global society. He also raises the issue of whether or not intellectuals should accept moral responsibility for the ideas they produce and what implications this may have for international relations theory.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrei P. Tsygankov is professor of international relations and political science at San Francisco State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0268042292
• ISBN 13: 9780268042295
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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