Poraz Zapada
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- Author: Todd Emmanuel
- Publisher: Vrijeme
- Availability: Available
- Condition: New book
- Code: 83199
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Poraz Zapada
Todd Emmanuel
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Emmanuel Todd: The Defeat of the West
In the mid-1970s, he predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union, and after September 11, he foreshadowed the changes that would stimulate the current changes in the United States of America.
Deindustrialization of the economy, the destruction of higher education, the atomization of the individual, the crisis of meaning after the decline of religion, the political-economic pressure of the United States and the weakening of the nation-state... all this leads to nihilism. This is the new religion of the West: the idolization of nothingness, the acceptance of destruction, the rejection of the very concept of truth, all of which, as the author reminds, will be witnessed precisely in Palestine...
Provocative and inspiring French historian, using decades of experience in family history research, combining demographic, statistical and anthropological tools and methods, in this book guides us through current geopolitical and social movements in the West. In the book The Defeat of the West, Emmanuel Todd analyzes the deep tectonic changes in the global order after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The author uses tools from the sociology of religion, critical economics and political anthropology to show the ideological and systemic decline of the West, embodied in America, Great Britain and the European Union.
The book not only recognizes the fatigue of the Western world, but also explains how nihilism, the loss of the Protestant ethic and economic adventurism are reflected in current geopolitical conflicts, especially in the context of the war in Ukraine and the conflict with conservative Russia.
The Defeat of the West is a work that pushes the boundaries of the analysis of contemporary conflicts and opens up space for a new interpretation of the global order.
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- Author: Todd Emmanuel
- Publisher: Vrijeme
- Year of publication:2026
- Place of publication:Zenica
- Pages:284
- Dimensions:15.5x23 cm
- Script:Latin script
- Condition:New book
- Binding:Softcover
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