Langbeschreibung
In recent years debates about the nature and future of the West have been high on the political agenda. Prognoses of the West's imminent demise have been countered by those arguing for its continued relevance, or those arguing that while the West will survive its nature, and the balance of power between its constituent units, is transforming.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction: New Tensions in a Troubled Partnership Christopher S. Browning and Marko Lehti Part 1: Foundations of The West 2. The West: Contested, Narrated and Clustered Christopher S. Browning and Marko Lehti 3. The Russian Dawn: How Russia Contributed to the Emergence of 'The West' as a Concept Peggy Heller 4. The Perpetual Decline of the West Patrick Thaddeus Jackson Part 2: The Dividing Legacy of The West 5. Rebooting the West: Can the Western Alliance Still Engage in War? Christopher Coker 6. American West vs. European West: A Struggle for Ownership and Legitimacy Marko Lehti Part 3: Europe, America and Alternative Core Wests 7. European Identity, Post-Western Europe, and Complex Cultural Diversity Paul Blokker and Gerard Delanty 8. Difference within Similarity: The Puzzle of Transatlantic Relations Pertti Joenniemi 9. Beyond the West and Towards the Anglosphere? Christopher S. Browning and Ben Tonra Part 4: Remaking The West in the Margins 10. Western Hegemony, Global Democracy and the Russian Challenge Viatcheslav Morozov 11. Asian Occidentalism and Rediscovered Modenities Alastair Bonnett 12. Conclusion: The Resilient West? Christopher S. Browning