Emmanuel Todd, Apres l'Empire: Essai sur las decomposition du systeme americain.
Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) › Vol. 26 Nbr. 1, January 2004
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Emmanuel Todd, Apres l'Empire: Essai sur las decomposition du systeme americain.
Emmanuel Todd, Apres l'Empire: Essai sur las decomposition du systeme americain (Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2002), 233 pages. 18.50ff.
The book by Emmanuel Todd, the English translation of which will soon be published, cannot be easily dismissed as one more example of the anti-Americanism which is said to be typical for French and/or left-wing intellectuals. The author is a French-Jewish scholar who admits to his family's American connections (p. 141). He stresses his pro-capitalist and liberal democratic allegiance and his recognition of the positive role of the U.S. in the twentieth century because of its struggle against the Soviet...See the full content of this document
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