The United States as Global Liberal Hegemon examines America’s role as the global liberal hegemon. Using a historical analysis to understand how the United States came to serve as the world leader, Goldberg argues why the role of a liberal hegemon is needed, whether the United States has the ability to fulfill this role, and what the pitfalls and liabilities of continuing in this role are for the nation. He also considers the impact that this role on the global stage has for the country as well as individual citizens of the United States. Goldberg argues that the United States's geographic location away from strong competitors, it's role as the dominant economy for much of the 20th century, and its political culture of meritocracy all contributed to the United States taking this role in the 1940s. He also argues that the role of liberal hegemon has shifted to include not only being the international policeperson but also to be the world's central banker, a role that at this time only the United States can fill.

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The Phenomenology of Moods in Kierkegaard

Goldberg, Edward (author)

Vincent A. McCarthy

Springer Science + Business Media BV

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Springer London, Limited

Springer Netherlands

Springer Nature, Dordrecht, 2012

Switzerland, Switzerland

Netherlands, Netherlands

1st ed. 2024, US, 2024

Dordrecht, 1978

Kierkegaard himself hardly requires introduction, but his thought con­ tinues to require explication due to its inherent complexity and its unusual method of presentation. Kierkegaard is deliberately un-systematic, anti-systematic, in the very age of the System. He made his point then, and it is not lost upon us today. But that must not deter us from assembling the fragments and viewing the whole. Kierkegaard's religious psychology in particular may finally have its impact and generate the discussion it deserves when its outlines and inter-locking elements are viewed together. Many approaches to his thought are possible, as a survey of the literature about him will readily reveal.! The present study proceeds with the simple ambition of looking at Kierkegaard on his own terms, of thus putting aside biographical fascination or one's own personal religi­ ous situation. I understand the temptation of both, and have seen the dangers realized in Kierkegaard scholarship. In English-language Kier­ kegaard scholarship, we are now in a new phase, in which the entire corpus of Kierkegaard's authorship is at last viewed as a whole. We have passed the stages of'fad'and of under-formed. Almost all the corpus is available in English, or soon will be. Perhaps now Kierkegaard can be viewed, understood, and criticized dispassionately and objectively, not withstanding author Kierkegaard's personal horror of those adverbs. The present study hopes to make its contribution toward this goal.

Kierkegaard himself hardly requires introduction, but his thought con tinues to require explication due to its inherent complexity and its unusual method of presentation. Kierkegaard is deliberately un-systematic, anti-systematic, in the very age of the System. He made his point then, and it is not lost upon us today. But that must not deter us from assembling the fragments and viewing the whole. Kierkegaard's religious psychology in particular may finally have its impact and generate the discussion it deserves when its outlines and inter-locking elements are viewed together. Many approaches to his thought are possible, as a survey of the literature about him will readily reveal.! The present study proceeds with the simple ambition of looking at Kierkegaard on his own terms, of thus putting aside biographical fascination or one's own personal religi ous situation. I understand the temptation of both, and have seen the dangers realized in Kierkegaard scholarship. In English-language Kier kegaard scholarship, we are now in a new phase, in which the entire corpus of Kierkegaard's authorship is at last viewed as a whole. We have passed the stages of "fad" and of under-formed. Almost all the corpus is available in English, or soon will be. Perhaps now Kierkegaard can be viewed, understood, and criticized dispassionately and objectively, not withstanding author Kierkegaard's personal horror of those adverbs. The present study hopes to make its contribution toward this goal

Acknowledgments
Contents
1 Introduction
The US as Global Hegemon
Overreach and Disillusionment
Plan for the Book
2 Organizing the World as the Liberal Hegemon
Geography
Economy
Culture
What Does Liberal Hegemon Mean?
The Crowning of the Liberal Hegemon and with It the Implied Role of the Cop
Globalization
References
3 Why the Liberal Hegemon Is Necessary
A World Without Either Hegemony or Balance of Power
The Crippled, Antiquated but Very Necessary United Nations
Trade, the So-Called New Guarantor of Peace
References
4 The Political Culture of the Liberal Hegemon
The Enlightenment and Property
The Political Culture of Entrepreneurship
Just Some of the EU’s Legal Actions Against US “Big Tech” Companies
Google/Alphabet
Amazon
Apple
Facebook
Healthcare
Path Dependence
A Financial Pandemic
A Medical Pandemic
References
5 Pitfalls and Lessons Facing America’s Hegemonic Policy
America’s Soft Power
Myopia and Change
Subjective Historic Memory
The Cop Caught in the Myopic Trap
The Cop and Paranoia
Outside Influence
Upending the March of Folly
References
6 What Are the Rewards of Citizenry in the Liberal Hegemon?
Benefits
Investing and the Financial Cost of Hegemony
The Rewards of Hegemony
The Easy Appeal of Isolationism
Tomorrow
References
Index

2024-11-05