Jadranka Lackovic từ Egayit, Republic of the Union of Myanmar

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2019-04-12 23:30

Phát Triển Tư Duy Sáng Tạo Giải Nhanh Bài Tập Trắc Nghiệm Hóa Học 10 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

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. Dominique Moïsi’s book, however, isn’t exactly that. Instead, we have what amounts to a psychological profile of various different geopolitical areas, classifying each into overly broad generalizations without a single statistic, chart or poll result. Moïsi, in fact, calls himself out very early in the book in this regard and says that he will be arguing his point relying almost entirely on his emotional feel for particular countries and cultures rather than relying on statistics, polls or any other sort of “scientific” investigation. While Moïsi may feel pride at such audacity, I felt like he lost a bit of credibility by offering this concession so early in the book. But how does his insight stack up in the absence of cold, hard facts? Moïsi’s generalizations go as such: China and India are experiencing widespread feelings of hope, despite a strong authoritarian government that limits personal freedoms (China) and widespread extreme poverty (India), both countries envision themselves as the future of the planet given their burgeoning economies and ever-growing middle class. The Middle East and countries largely inhabited by Muslims are going through an extended period of humiliation, mostly due to the fact that Christianity, the primary religion of Western culture, is currently calling the shots. The heavily religious United States is involved in many operations in the Middle East, calling for western principles of democracy and the free market, though not to the sounds of universal cheers – and Israel does nothing to help the situation. Finally, the United States and Europe are living in fear; fear of China and India, fear of immigrants and fear of each other. The problem, of course, is that those feelings don’t neatly fit every country in the region. Moïsi acknowledges this and occasionally points out the inconsistencies but at the expense of making his whole “point” start to crumble. Moïsi also published the book in 2009 and when you’re talking about global emotions, a lot can happen in two years, especially with the recent uprisings in Libya and Egypt. Though the idea of treating countries and political blocs as individual people and measuring their emotions sounds like an interesting idea, it’s too flimsy to be taken seriously. For my tastes, I prefer George Friedman’s The Next Hundred Years for a more fact-based approach to geopolitical predictions. The end of the book gives two possible scenarios: a doomsday conflagration where everyone succumbs to fear, and a bright future where we all forgive each other for our transgressions and make up. Moïsi admits that both situations are far-fetched and almost comical, stating that the real future is likely in between, for better or worse.

Người đọc Jadranka Lackovic từ Egayit, Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.