Jorge G. Casta~nedaa

America through Foreign Eyes (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Do Americans care what foreigners think about the United States? This book makes the case that they should. In these pages, Jorge Casta~neda writes from his unique vantage point as a former Foreign Minister of Mexico who has lived, studied, and worked in America. He offers an impressionistic, analytical, and intuitive review of his experience in the country over the last half-century, and shows how foreigners can provide perspective on the United States' true nature. Casta~neda brings a different viewpoint to issues ranging from purported American exceptionalism, uniformity, race and religion, culture, immigration, and the death penalty. Visitors and analysts, from Dickens to Naipaul, have generally asked the right questions and described America's most salient features and mysteries. But, they have not always followed through with answers and explanations. Casta~neda draws from his work with American civil society and government authorities to provide both insight and context. Americans have long seen their country as "exceptional," standing outside of history, but by comparing its contemporary politics and culture with those of other countries, Casta~neda shows how increasing nationalism and nostalgia are actually making the US more like other countries. Casta~neda admits that most Americans have never cared much about what a foreigner thinks about their country, but the dynamic is shifting. The outside world means more to the US than ever before, and Americans should care about what foreigners think since they are now so sensitive to what foreigners do. Since Trump's election in 2016, American politics increasingly resemble those of Europe, Latin America, and parts of Asia, such that pining for a lost and glorious past is as American as it is British, Mexican, Chinese, or Italian. Now, the questions that serious, knowledgeable, and sympathetic foreigners address to Americans may be the ones Americans ask--or should ask--for themselves.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190224516
• Artikelnr.: 59535376

Autorenporträt

Jorge G. Castañeda was Foreign Minister of Mexico from 2000 to 2003. In 1997, he was appointed Global Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies at New York University. He has been a Member of the Board of Human Rights Watch since 2003. In April 2008, Castañeda was elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and International Member of the American Philosophical Society. He has more than 15 books published in the United States and elsewhere, including Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: American uniformity and materialism
Chapter 2: American exceptionalism
Chapter 3: From American culture to American civilization
Chapter 4: American democracy
Chapter 5: The American sense of history, or the lack of it, and American humor
Chapter 6: The American economy, innovation , and technology
Chapter 7: Pragmatism and hypocrisy
Chapter 8: Liberalism, tolerance, and their discontents
Chapter 9: The unforgivable and incomprehensible