The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream

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Penguin, 2004 - 434 halaman
At one time the American Dream was the ideal and envy of the world. But today, at the dawn of the new Millennium, Europe is pointing a new way to the future. In this major new book, best-selling author Jeremy Rifkin argues that Europe has a vision of its own and is overtaking America as the world's next superpower. The American Dream was based on economic growth, personal wealth and independence. It was synonymous with love of country and patriotism, frontier mentality and the unbridled exercise of power. Yet what were once considered prime virtues - cherished and idealised not only in America but throughout the world - are increasingly seen by many as drawbacks and even impediments. But while the American Dream tires and languishes in the past, a new European Dream is being born. Today we see a new set of values emerging which are focused on sustainable development, quality of life and multilateralism. More cosmopolitan and less concerned with the brute exercise of power, the European Dream is better positioned to accommodate the many forces that are propelling us into a more interconnected and interdependent world. Where does Britain fit into this story? The British find themselves betwixt and between a fading American Dream and a newly emerging European Dream which is gaining the upper hand in our contemporary global age. Rifkin argues that Britain is uniquely positioned to play a bridge role between Europe and America and has the potential to help create a synergy between the two superpowers of the 21st century. But in order to exercise any real influence in world affairs, Britain must choose to be part of a larger political entity. In a globally connected world, no people can exist any longer as an island unto themselves. The only question for Britain is whether it will make its home with America or with Europe.

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Introduction
1
NEW LESSONS FROM THE OLD WORLD
9
The Slow Death of the American Dream
11
The New Land of Opportunity
37
The Quiet Economic Miracle
58
THE MAKING OF THE MODERN
87
Space Time and Modernity
89
Creating the Individual
119
The United States of Europe
197
Government Without a Center
214
Romancing the Civil Society
234
The Immigrant Dilemma
247
Unity in Diversity
267
Waging Peace
283
A Second Enlightenment
315
Universalizing the European Dream
358

Inventing the Ideology of Property
133
Forging Capitalist Markets and NationStates
161
Network Commerce in a Globalized Economy
181
Notes
387
Bibliography
417
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One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Jeremy Rifkin is the bestselling author of "The European Dream," "The Hydrogen Economy," "The Age of Access," "The Biotech Century," and "The End of Work." A fellow at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program, he is president of The Foundation on Economic Trends in Bethesda, MD.

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