Bush's culture of fear does not bode well for the future of America
January 13, 2007
I have become a big fan of Tom Ashbrook's show on WBUR radio called On Point. On Tuesday, January 9, 2007, Tom interviewed a French political scientist, Dominique Moisi who discussed the significant changes that have occured in global politics over the course of the Bush administration. His sweeping generalizations make a lot of sense to me and they are well worth listening to if you are interested in global politics and where our world is headed for the future of our children and grandchildren.
Sometimes you have to step way back to see what's going on in the world. For centuries, the view from the moon looked something like this: the West on a roll, confident and expansive, the once-proud Islam in retreat, and Asia, out of it.
Today, says French big-thinker Dominique Moisi, it's a whole new map out there -- the West is in a culture of fear, Islam in a culture of humiliation, and Asia the planet's new culture of hope.
Shifts like this are rare and profound. Their effects can last hundreds of years. Moisi says we are in such a mega-shift right now -- to a new map of global outlooks, with all that may mean.
This hour On Point: Dominique Moisi on cultures of hope, cultures of fear, and the new map of the world.
Link: On Point : The Clash of Emotions - The Clash of Emotions.