[lbo-talk] Oh dear, LBO patronises Europe again (was Let's Build)

Michael Pugliese michael.098762001 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 18 18:46:34 PDT 2006


I can send offlist, this paper to anyone interested.

Forthcoming book in 6 weeks from Princeton Iniv. Press by Markovits, a translation of AMERIKA, DICH HASST SICH's BESSER. ANTIAMERIKANISMUS UND ANTISEMITISMUS IN EUROPA is now in its 3rd edition, soon to appear in its fourth. from KONKRET-LITERATUR VERLAG that publishes the wonderful monthly magazine KONKRET. An expanded and altered English-language version of this book, " UNCOUTH NATION: WHY EUROPE DISLIKES AMERICA."

European Anti-Americanism (and Anti-Semitism):

Ever Present Though Always Denied

by Andrei S. Markovits

Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics

and German Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1275

Andreimarkovits at cs.com

Andymark at umich.edu

Abstract

There can be no doubt that the Bush Administration's policies have massively contributed to a hitherto unprecedented deterioration in European-American relations.

However, European antipathies towards many things American date back at least to July 5, 1776, if not before. Following a conceptual discussion of anti-Americanism, the paper then turns to an account of these historical dislikes and anchors them particularly among Europe's elites. A discussion of anti-Semitism in relation to anti-Americanism follows in the subsequent section. A summary of an analysis of newspaper articles collected in the decade of the 1990s highlights the widespread nature of anti-American sentiments in Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Lastly, anti-Americanism's functionality as a useful ingredient in Europe's burgeoning state building process concludes the paper.

-- Michael Pugliese



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