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by Ziauddin Sardar (Author), Merryl Wyn Davies (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Icon Books Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (24 Jul 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840465255
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840465259
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-opening and Highly Relevant, 7 Aug 2002
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I found this book browsing in a bookshop and was instantly caught by the narrative. It makes no bones about being heavily one-sided and defends America very infrequently, but it's scope is scholarly and its arguements delivered by and large very well.

Despite its political and philosophical content, it is also highly readable. I think it is difficult to discount as a piece of anti-US propaganda as it eloquently disects everything from US TV and media concerns stifling normal debate within the US to the heavy handedness and undemocratic nature of US foreign policy.

Truly enlightening, and I am sure it should be read by every American and for that matter European, as much of the subject matter applies to many former colonial countries too.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I think you've missed the point..., 1 Jun 2004
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People seem to be getting their knickers in a knot about this book being polemic but the facts remain that many people DO hate America. In many very fundamental ways this IS as a result of US foreign policy and the way in which the cultural artefacts (ie movies, music) that they export reinforce an often offensive image of 'white is right' and 'might is right'.

Professors Sardar and Davies are highly educated individuals who are underlining the way in which American culture CAN BE and IS interpreted by the outside world. This does not mean THEY hate America. It means they are able to recognise areas in which America let's itself down in the eyes of the world.

I have read blogs from US soldiers in Iraq saying that they read the book to remind themselves how 'outsiders' view them, to understand what has gone wrong and why America seems so loathed. Noam Chomsky himself has recommended American's read this book to see how the world perceives them. It is the blindness of the American superstate to opinions like those articulated by Sardar and Davies that causes them to continue blithely exporting the wrong message around the globe.

This is an important book precisely because it is polemic. The American culture machine roles out polemic material every day. Hatred is what breeds in retaliation.

Please do not continue to portray this book as 'Why People SHOULD Hate America'. The purpose of this book is to hold up a mirror to the flaws of the US. After September 11 many people did ask 'Why Do People Hate America?' Sardar and Davies are simply trying to offer a possible answer...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not "America-bashing", 7 Sep 2003
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...unless you define "America bashing" as any anthropological attempt to understand America as such. As the sayin goes: The truth may set you free, but first it'll piss you off. This book was required reading for a course I am taking on American Studies, and I fully enjoyed reading it. It presents something for people on both sides of the Atlantic. For Americans it gives them an insight into how others may view them, and for Europeans and other foreign nationalities it provides a window into what shaped the popular culture and attitudes of the US. For being a bridge of understanding I'm giving this book 5 stars.
That being said - it should be noted that both these eloquent authors have anthropological backgrounds, and as such tend to boil the question/title of the book down to anthropological answers. That may have worked if American were a democracy, and the populace shaped by this popular culture actually ruled. America is not, and Americans do not. As in Europe and the rest of the world, the US is a Representative Democracy, meaning the people hand over their will to an elect group every four years or so. This elect group (gov't) are the ones who make the foreign policy and carry out the decisions and action which are the prime reason Americans are "hated" by some. That this elect group also suffers from 'knowledgeable ignorance' (which the authors diagnose Americans with), this book has not managed to convince me. The premise that world sentiment 'against' the US has it's roots in prevalent public attitudes within the US, is the only short comming to this book, in my opinion. But regardless of whether it fully accomplishes to answer the title question, the anthropological studies within should be, as others have said, 'required reading'.
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1.0 out of 5 stars A Compendium of Cultural Studies Cliches
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1.0 out of 5 stars A cynical marketing ploy
I bought a book entitled "Will America Change?", which was described - on the cover - as "The Sequel to Why do People Hate America?". It is nothing of the sort. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good start
I'm always keen to understand how the rest of the world views the West; specifically the US and UK, and this book looked ideal. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading
To my mind, this book really does address the question. The only point against it is that it can seem at times to be simply America-bashing. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2006 by John Pearcey

5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent analysis of an important question
Written in response to the events of September 11th, this is a fascinating and deep exploration of America's position in the world today. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well researched - presents its argument well
The Authors often use the metaphor of the scripts of 'The West Wing' to show the paradigm between how America sees itself & how the world sees America. Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2004 by Keith Appleyard

3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting read, but partial
I found this book very interesting, although written under the influence of subterranean albeit disguised traces of that very hate that figures in the title. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2004 by Alberto Gemin

5.0 out of 5 stars Very honest, intelligently written book.
This is an excellent book that must be read by everyone. In this day and age I cannot think of a more relevant book that discusses the state of the world we live in.
Published on 15 Jun 2004 by Manmohan Tagore

1.0 out of 5 stars an alternative
A good alternative to this book is a long article by William Finnegan titled "The Economics of Empire" which originally appeared in Harper's magazine in May 2003. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2004 by reader_in_london

3.0 out of 5 stars Self explanatory
People who have put this book down because it "prusumes the reader agrees with the authors" are missing the point. Read more
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