In the first book to investigate the far-reaching emotional impact of globalization, Dominique Moisi shows how the geopolitics of today is characte...
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Mar 01, 2011
Daniel
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The title of this book alone intrigued me. I thought the book was going to talk about the ways in which the titular emotions play into the specific speeches and dialogues of world leaders – such as politicians inspiring their constituents through hope-filled rhetoric (Obama); theocrats stoking the fires of vengeance through hate (takfir and fatwas) or polarizing media outlets using fear to inflate trivial matters to that of national catastrophe and in the process sell more expensive ad space.
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Aug 01, 2010
Ronny
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book#47 - 2010
Baca buku ini jadi teringat resensi/kritik panjang saya atas buku Lawrence Harrison tentang Amerika Latin (baca review saya versi Indonesianya atau versi Inggrisnya).
Sama seperti analisa Huntington yang terlalu oversimplified mengenai benturan peradaban, begitu juga analisa Moisi mengenai geopolitik emosi ini. Senada dan senafas betul dg Huntington. Bila Huntington melekatkan "peradaban" pada sekumpulan orang dengan ciri-ciri yang diidentikkan dan More...
Baca buku ini jadi teringat resensi/kritik panjang saya atas buku Lawrence Harrison tentang Amerika Latin (baca review saya versi Indonesianya atau versi Inggrisnya).
Sama seperti analisa Huntington yang terlalu oversimplified mengenai benturan peradaban, begitu juga analisa Moisi mengenai geopolitik emosi ini. Senada dan senafas betul dg Huntington. Bila Huntington melekatkan "peradaban" pada sekumpulan orang dengan ciri-ciri yang diidentikkan dan More...
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Aug 23, 2009
Michelle
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Well. This was, um, different.
I am really taken with the basic premise, that of finding a way to analyze emotion as an element of international relations. There was some thought-provoking content here, and some real potential in adding this as a tool to the way we look at the nations in the world around us.
That said, the book has some glaring weaknesses. I feel Moisi really left a lot of the potential of the topic untouched; in the introduction he outlined some possible ways to be More...
I am really taken with the basic premise, that of finding a way to analyze emotion as an element of international relations. There was some thought-provoking content here, and some real potential in adding this as a tool to the way we look at the nations in the world around us.
That said, the book has some glaring weaknesses. I feel Moisi really left a lot of the potential of the topic untouched; in the introduction he outlined some possible ways to be More...
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Dec 17, 2009
Juliette
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A nice try to give an emotional portrait of the world (the west, the asian, the arab world and the africa). Information collection plus first hand experiences give the author a certain insight as for how emotions are reshaping the world.
However, being more litterature and art oriented, M.Moisi tends to be too optimistic in certain areas, such as his approval for Dubai's "booming" economy and the rush conclusion that "Arab and democracy can be compatible" based on Dubai More...
However, being more litterature and art oriented, M.Moisi tends to be too optimistic in certain areas, such as his approval for Dubai's "booming" economy and the rush conclusion that "Arab and democracy can be compatible" based on Dubai More...
Aug 21, 2009
Bárbara
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I absolutely loved this book!!!
It's one of best political books I've read lately. It might sound a little bit obvious at first, the way he describes countries/continents and associate them with specific emotions, but he goes deeper and leaves important ideas and insights. It's a really good portray of political trends, showing how emotions (fear, humiliation and hope) shaped and shape the current state of affairs. He illustrates everything with clear examples and even with personal More...
It's one of best political books I've read lately. It might sound a little bit obvious at first, the way he describes countries/continents and associate them with specific emotions, but he goes deeper and leaves important ideas and insights. It's a really good portray of political trends, showing how emotions (fear, humiliation and hope) shaped and shape the current state of affairs. He illustrates everything with clear examples and even with personal More...
Jan 26, 2012
Santo
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In 1993, Samuel Huntington introduced the theory that conflicts would emanate from frictions along race, ethnic, and religious lines. In particular, he outlined the potential clashes among the western, muslim, Confucian, and orthodox civilizations. I still remember the first time I read that article for my Intro to IR class at the University of British Columbia.
Indeed, many debates came about from Huntington’s theory. Some people voiced out views in favor of Huntington, while others th More...
Indeed, many debates came about from Huntington’s theory. Some people voiced out views in favor of Huntington, while others th More...
Dec 09, 2011
Andre
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Fascinating. A bit like Lucy Van Pelt explaining "little known facts" to Linus and Charlie Brown --http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkTYz6JP5OI. Moisi proposes and intriguing and promising concept, i.e. that the emotional climate prevailing among peoples can be mapped like their political and cultural environment, and that understanding this national zeitgeist can better help us understand what is happening in the world so that we can better chart our own future. However, he tends to
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Aug 06, 2011
An amazing book - one of the first books I have truly enjoyed reading in quite some time.
An insightful and conscise thesis of our [the world's] emotions of fear, humilation, and hope collectively through a remapping of geographic and political realitities in an age of globalization and the how these emotions in concert with cultural, social and econonic factors are reshaping international relations, political trends and conflicts, and ultimately the world.
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An insightful and conscise thesis of our [the world's] emotions of fear, humilation, and hope collectively through a remapping of geographic and political realitities in an age of globalization and the how these emotions in concert with cultural, social and econonic factors are reshaping international relations, political trends and conflicts, and ultimately the world.
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Oct 16, 2009
Barb
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This is written by a French economist who has worked in the U.S. It is one of the best books I've read about world politics and I highly recommend it. He maps the political world based on the emotions of fear (U.S. and Europe,) hope (India and China), and humiliation (the Mideast) and gives a couple of alternative scenarios for 2025. After reading this I had a better understanding of why Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize. He hasn't really earned it but the world is still highly invested in A
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Mar 01, 2010
Kipahni
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Leave it to a frenchman to tell us all who we are.
But seriously it is an interesting concept that I can totally see, in particular with the dealings of the middle east. For having lived there I see the humiliation-and I would add opression that is palable in such a society. While americans live in fear I think we try to remain hopeful- almost to a fault in that we hope that each president will SAVE us from the previous presidents mistakes only to be crushed when things can't be fixed quic More...
But seriously it is an interesting concept that I can totally see, in particular with the dealings of the middle east. For having lived there I see the humiliation-and I would add opression that is palable in such a society. While americans live in fear I think we try to remain hopeful- almost to a fault in that we hope that each president will SAVE us from the previous presidents mistakes only to be crushed when things can't be fixed quic More...
Aug 04, 2010
Libby
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For the first 120 pages or so I figured the book was just anecdotal and oversimplifying - flaws but not sins.
Then I got to "Just as abused children often abuse their own children, the Israeli treatment of the Palestinians, blending ignorance, disdain, and brutality, may be linked to the scars the Israelis carry from the recent Jewish past."
I do not tolerate books and authors who propagate misinformation. A small minority of abuse victims go on to perpetuate violence themse More...
Then I got to "Just as abused children often abuse their own children, the Israeli treatment of the Palestinians, blending ignorance, disdain, and brutality, may be linked to the scars the Israelis carry from the recent Jewish past."
I do not tolerate books and authors who propagate misinformation. A small minority of abuse victims go on to perpetuate violence themse More...
Feb 24, 2011
Rhesa
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I know majority of IR scholars or IR community will look down this book, as the author has predicted before hand, but call it what you like, for me this is a groundbreaking work, it introduces the psychology in IR, who to say that only politics & sociology have the `authoritative` perspective on IR? by bringing psychology, IR brodens its perspective and, like the dream of the author, IR could diagnose & provide the right therapy of the psychological sickness of a country or people group.
Jan 24, 2012
Brillant! Enfin des idées fraiches et documentées sur les conflits de civilisation. Son partage du monde entre peur, humiliation et espoir apporte beaucoup à la reflexion. Un seul regret: avoir dissocié lAmérique latine de l'Occident alors qu'elle en constitue au contraire l'avenir et un des premiers espoirs!
Nov 03, 2010
Saturday, 3 July 2010. Stumbled upon this book while browsing in the Cannon Beach Book Company. Read an opinion piece by the author in the International Herald Tribune when we were in London, 28 October 2010.
Mar 20, 2011
Anwaar
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It was a nice reading although I disagreed with the author in a couple of topics!
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