The Anglosphere Challenge: Why the English-Speaking Nations Will Lead the Way in the Twenty-First Century
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (988 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0742533328 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 354 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bennett is a founding director of the non-profit Foresight Institute, which deals with education and research on nanotechnology, and the related Institute for Molecular Manufacturing. . Bennett is an adjunct fellow of The Hudson Institute. He is also a cofounder of The Anglosphere Institute, a non-profit organization conducting policy research and further the concepts of the Anglosphere and the Network Commonwealth. James C
In a wide-ranging exploration back to the Industrial Revolution and into the future, The Anglosphere Challenge gives voice to a growing movement on both sides of the Atlantic.. Coining the term anglosphere to describe a loose coalition based on a common language and heritage, Bennett believes that traits common to these countriesa particularly strong and independent civil society; openness and receptivity to the world, its people and ideas; and a dynamic economyhave uniquely positioned them to prosper in a time of dramatic technological and scientific change. Bennett believes that this gap will widen in the coming decades. Despite repeated predictions of the demise of America and the English-speaking nations as the world's predominant culture, James C
A New Way to Look at Canada and the World James McCormick Any serious discussion of the central role of English traditions in Canada is fraught with twin perils: mindless claims of racism/imperialism and founding-nation chauvinism. The Anglosphere Challenge is something very different. It's an exciting exploration of a new way to look a modern global culture and its Cana. Sean Patrick Innocent Dineen said Truth in palatable bits. The link between capitalism English and democracy. Mark Frazier said A profound work. For more than two decades, Jim Bennett has been one of the country's most acute thinkers on the frontiers of technology and cultural/political trends. The Anglosphere Challenge shows the strengths of civil society responses to growing state incapacities and failures. Emerging "networked commonwealths", he foresees
Bennett in his pathbreaking book The Anglosphere Challenge sees the contemporary English-speaking world as what he calls a 'network civilization' - that is, a set of countries that shares a common cultural heritage going far beyond language. Bennett talks about a shared set of values in which Magna Carta, trial by jury, "innocent until proven guilty", "a man's home is his castle", and "a man's word is his bond" are common themes. Bennett has sketched how the international order might be reshaped by the Internet and the communications revolutionand what allies the United States would have in that new world. Bennett's book leads one on a journey of discovery disguised as a journey of redisc