Cultural Chauvinism

Intercultural Communication and the Politics of Superiority
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-71002-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 336 g

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Media and Cultural Studies

This book explores the concept of cultural chauvinism as the sense of superiority that ethnic or national groups have of themselves relative to others, particularly in the context of international relations.

Minabere Ibelema shows the various ways that academics, statesmen, and especially journalists, express their cultural groups’ sense of superiority over others. The analysis pivots around the notion of “Western values” given its centrality in international relations and diplomacy. To the West, this stands for an array of largely positive political and civic values; to a significant portion of the global community, it embodies degeneracies. Ibelema argues that often the most routine expressions go under the radar, even in this age of hypersensitivity.

This book throws a unique light on global relations and will be of particular interest to scholars in international relations, communication studies and journalism studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ibelema, Minabere

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Many Faces of Cultural Chauvinism; 2. Democracy is Western; 3. All Things Modern Are Western; 4. All Things Nefarious Are Non-Western; 5. The Hell of War Is Non-Western; 6. All Things Decadent Are Western; 7. Immodest Dressers and Desecraters; 8. Contention Not Confucian; 9. As Democracies Turn; 10. Dark History of Distinctions; 11. Who Civilized the Greeks That Civilized the West?; 12. Political Convergence; 13. Onward from the Bridgehead; 14. Cultural Humility; Postscript: An Oreo and Mozart

Über Autor(innen)

Minabere Ibelema (Ph.D., Ohio State University) is a retired professor of communication studies. His book The African Press, Civic Cynicism, and Democracy won the U.S. Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for Research in Journalism.