[lbo-talk] Re: anti-Americanism and anti-imperialism (was Re: Yoshie: "dialogue" takes listening on your part, too)

Steven L. Robinson srobin21 at comcast.net
Thu Jul 13 09:12:13 PDT 2006


Are you saying that there is an Anti-American prejudice that exists on the same level of anti-Jewish, anti-Arab or anti-Roma prejudice that has historically existed in Europe?

No doubt that prejudices against American culture and society exist at the level of individual prejudice, but is it ever translated into policy, is "anti-Americanism" the basis for mass popular movements or for governmental action?

Certainly in China, for instance, there is a high level of popular resentment or opposition to U.S. Government actions (The Belgrade embassy bombing for instance) but I don't think that would translate into rampant anti-American bigotry and certainly not the basis for Chinese Government action. SR

P.S. (Inserting the question of anti-semitism on the left into the debate is simply a red herring and a cheap rhetorical trick.) -------------- Original message -------------- From: Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com>


>
>
>
> Anti-Americanism is not even necessarily a "leftist"
> anti-imperialist phenomenon. In Germany, you have a
> long tradition of elitist, right-wing
> Anti-Americanism, reaching back to the 19th century,
> basically taking the form of asserting how the
> Americans are a "people without culture" lacking such
> European refinements like Goethe or Leonardo da Vinci.
> This usually also entails criticizing the "mass
> culture" of American society and lack of "history"
> compared to Europe, and may overlap with structurally
> anti-semitic topoi such as the "money hunger" of
> Americans and such.
>
>
-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20060713/f943ff88/attachment.htm>



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list