Reconsidering American Power: Pax Americana and the Social Sciences
- ISBN-10
- 0199097798
- ISBN-13
- 9780199097791
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 572
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-12-05
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- John D. Kelly, Kurt Jacobsen, Marston H. Morgan
Description
Postcolonial studies, postmodern studies, even posthuman studies emerge, and intellectuals demand that social sciences be remade to address fundamentals of the human condition, from human rights to global environmental crises. Since these fields owe so much to American state sponsorship, is it easier to reimagine the human and the modern than to properly measure the pervasive American influence? Reconsidering American Power offers trenchant studies by renowned scholars who reassess the role of the social sciences in the construction and upkeep of the Pax Americana and the influence of Pax Americana on the social sciences. With the thematic image for this enterprise as the ‘fiery hunt’ for Ahab’s whale, the contributors pursue realities behind the theories, and reconsider the real origins and motives of their fields with an eye on what will deter or repurpose the ‘fiery hunts’ to come, by offering a critical insider’s view.
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