Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity
Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity
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我们是谁？：美国国家认同面临的挑战
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10.2307/4531363
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2018
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S. Huntington
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S. Huntington
塞缪尔·亨廷顿在其开创性的著作《文明的冲突》和《世界秩序的重建》中，富有远见地提出，随着冷战的结束，“文明”正在取代意识形态，成为国际政治中新的断层线。他敏锐的分析被证明是正确的。现在，亨廷顿教授把他的注意力从国际事务转向我们国内的文化裂痕，因为他考察了其他文明及其价值观对我们自己国家的影响。美国是由英国殖民者建立的，他们带来了独特的文化，包括英语，新教价值观，个人主义，宗教信仰和尊重法律。后来来到美国的移民浪潮逐渐接受了这些价值观，并融入了美国的盎格鲁-新教文化。然而，最近，由于大量西班牙裔移民的同化、双语主义、多元文化主义、公民身份的贬值和美国精英的“去国籍化”等问题，国家认同感受到了侵蚀。9·11事件带来了美国爱国主义的复兴和美国认同感的更新。但已经有迹象表明，这种复苏正在消退，尽管在911事件后的世界里，美国人面临着前所未有的安全挑战。“我们是谁？“表明我们需要重申使我们成为美国人的核心价值观。我们的国家身份正处于危险之中。塞缪尔亨廷顿又一次写了一本重要的书，这本书肯定会引发一场激烈的辩论，并塑造我们关于我们是谁的全国性对话。
In his seminal work "The Clash of Civilizations" and the "Remaking of World Order," Samuel Huntington argued provocatively and presciently that with the end of the cold war, "civilizations" were replacing ideologies as the new fault lines in international politics.His astute analysis has proven correct. Now Professor Huntington turns his attention from international affairs to our domestic cultural rifts as he examines the impact other civilizations and their values are having on our own country.America was founded by British settlers who brought with them a distinct culture including the English language, Protestant values, individualism, religious commitment, and respect for law. The waves of immigrants that later came to the United States gradually accepted these values and assimilated into America's Anglo-Protestant culture. More recently, however, national identity has been eroded by the problems of assimilating massive numbers of primarily Hispanic immigrants, bilingualism, multiculturalism, the devaluation of citizenship, and the "denationalization" of American elites.September 11 brought a revival of American patriotism and a renewal of American identity. But already there are signs that this revival is fading, even though in the post-September 11 world, Americans face unprecedented challenges to our security."Who Are We?" shows the need for us to reassert the core values that make us Americans. Nothing less than our national identity is at stake.Once again Samuel Huntington has written an important book that is certain to provoke a lively debate and to shape our national conversation about who we are.\