After American exceptionalism: 21st century 'Thucydides trap'

In the centre of this interdisciplinary investigation is the issue of primary political, philosophical and social foundations of the project of liberal hegemony - as well as real-political end of this discourse in the 21stcentury. The politics of interventionism and human rights is opposed to the po...

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Main Author: Koljević-Griffith Bogdana N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade 2022-01-01
Series:Sociološki Pregled
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2022/0085-63202201003K.pdf
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description In the centre of this interdisciplinary investigation is the issue of primary political, philosophical and social foundations of the project of liberal hegemony - as well as real-political end of this discourse in the 21stcentury. The politics of interventionism and human rights is opposed to the politics of sovereignty in such a way that the structural difference between the 20th century Western elitism and the perspective of the multipolar world is the differentiation between hierarchical systems of power and politics of equality. The constitutive part of these processes is "the rebirth of history" through which a more just order is to be established and political consequences for the world will significantly depend on whether crypto-idealistic i.e., "Wilsonian school" will prevail in the USA. Therefore, the issue whether it is possible to avoid "Thucydides Trap" in the 21st century refers to the difference between "necessary America" and "independent America". Multipolarity as the basis of true multilateralism appears as a potentially new model for the implementation of the politics of sovereign equality.
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spelling doaj.art-69e17fb5430e4fccb51a0821ab9ba1752022-12-22T03:36:12ZengSerbian Sociological Association, BelgradeSociološki Pregled0085-63202560-48802022-01-0156132310.5937/socpreg56-366800085-63202201003KAfter American exceptionalism: 21st century 'Thucydides trap'Koljević-Griffith Bogdana N.0Institut za političke studije, Beograd, SerbiaIn the centre of this interdisciplinary investigation is the issue of primary political, philosophical and social foundations of the project of liberal hegemony - as well as real-political end of this discourse in the 21stcentury. The politics of interventionism and human rights is opposed to the politics of sovereignty in such a way that the structural difference between the 20th century Western elitism and the perspective of the multipolar world is the differentiation between hierarchical systems of power and politics of equality. The constitutive part of these processes is "the rebirth of history" through which a more just order is to be established and political consequences for the world will significantly depend on whether crypto-idealistic i.e., "Wilsonian school" will prevail in the USA. Therefore, the issue whether it is possible to avoid "Thucydides Trap" in the 21st century refers to the difference between "necessary America" and "independent America". Multipolarity as the basis of true multilateralism appears as a potentially new model for the implementation of the politics of sovereign equality.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2022/0085-63202201003K.pdfliberal hegemonypolitics of sovereigntyequality"thucydides trap"multipolaritymultilateralism
spellingShingle Koljević-Griffith Bogdana N.
After American exceptionalism: 21st century 'Thucydides trap'
Sociološki Pregled
liberal hegemony
politics of sovereignty
equality
"thucydides trap"
multipolarity
multilateralism
title After American exceptionalism: 21st century 'Thucydides trap'
title_full After American exceptionalism: 21st century 'Thucydides trap'
title_fullStr After American exceptionalism: 21st century 'Thucydides trap'
title_full_unstemmed After American exceptionalism: 21st century 'Thucydides trap'
title_short After American exceptionalism: 21st century 'Thucydides trap'
title_sort after american exceptionalism 21st century thucydides trap
topic liberal hegemony
politics of sovereignty
equality
"thucydides trap"
multipolarity
multilateralism
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2022/0085-63202201003K.pdf
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