The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas

by Steven Weber, Bruce W. Jentleson

Overview

The End of Arrogance makes a strong case for the end of the hegemony of American ideas in the foreign-policy sphere, examines what a more complex and diverse set of influences could create in terms of a future world order, and offers some important advice on how America can keep up in a more competitive world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674058972
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	01/30/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	238 KB

About the Author

Steven Weber is Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Contents Preface Chapter 1: Big Open Questions Chapter 2: A Global Competition of Ideas Chapter 3: Forging a Just Society Chapter 4: Pursuing a Twenty-First-Century World Order Chapter 5: Being Strategic about the Future Notes Index

What People are Saying About This

Janice Stein

Weber and Jentleson put forward a powerful and provocative view of the coming frontiers for foreign policy - a global competition of ideas. Their arguments pose the right challenge to governments, corporations, and NGOs operating on a global stage, and provide practical advice for what to do about it.
— Janice Stein, Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

Editorial Reviews

In this concise book, Weber, a professor at Berkeley, and Jentleson, a professor at Duke, identify "five big ideas" that dominated international politics in the 20th century: peace is better than war; benign hegemony is better than a balance of power; capitalism is better than socialism; democracy is better than dictatorship; and western culture is superior to other cultures. The authors argue that for much of the world a repressive government that achieves economic progress (as is the case in Singapore, for instance) is preferable to a democratic government that fails to improve living standards; this shift, the authors argue, needs to be understood by the American people in order for the U.S. to successfully transition from lone superpower to savvy and influential player. Though their message is far from new, it's extremely well articulated. Yet finding an audience for this book may be a challenge; it's too simplistic for foreign policy wonks and too sophisticated to find a home on Main Street.
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Publishers Weekly

Dazzling.

National Journal - Ronald Brownstein

Weber and Jentleson put forward a powerful and provocative view of the coming frontiers for foreign policy—a global competition of ideas. Their arguments pose the right challenge to governments, corporations, and NGOs operating on a global stage, and provide practical advice for what to do about it.

Janice Stein

In this little book, two leading scholars offer a manifesto for U.S. leadership in a post-Western international system… Acknowledging that no country has a monopoly on good ideas, the book makes a good case that the United States needs to recast the way it talks about its role in the world.

Foreign Affairs - G. John Ikenberry

The End of Arrogance makes a strong case for the end of the hegemony of American ideas in the foreign-policy sphere, examines what a more complex and diverse set of influences could create in terms of a future world order, and offers some important advice on how America can keep up in a more competitive world.

Foreign Policy blog - Elizabeth Dickinson

Dazzling.
— Ronald Brownstein

National Journal

In this little book, two leading scholars offer a manifesto for U.S. leadership in a post-Western international system...Acknowledging that no country has a monopoly on good ideas, the book makes a good case that the United States needs to recast the way it talks about its role in the world.
— G. John Ikenberry

Foreign Affairs

The End of Arrogance makes a strong case for the end of the hegemony of American ideas in the foreign-policy sphere, examines what a more complex and diverse set of influences could create in terms of a future world order, and offers some important advice on how America can keep up in a more competitive world.
— Elizabeth Dickinson

Foreign Policy blog