A COUNTRY OF CRUSADERS (Panstwo krzyzowców)

• Authors: Sepkowski Andrzej
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Americans have been expansionistic since their colonial beginnings, undertaking to impose submission on the interior for over two centuries. This expansionism proved to be an unusually strong binder for the society of the young state, assuming the shape of 'Manifest Destiny' of President Polk and his successors. It usually served down-to-earth interests but was legitimized with ideas of great missions supposed to spread the perfect system created by the 'nation of nations'. The ideas of missions both in their peaceful and conquer form have become an integral part of the American 'civil religion', ritualized by practically all its leaders. Missionism combined with expansionism was the dominant tendency which came to the foreground after 1989. The new hegemony gradually transformed into domination on the international scene, forcing other agents to adopt measures desirable for the neo-liberal establishment. The determining factor was the power of the military-industrial conglomerate, which was not to be underestimated, as today over 600 billon dollars are allotted to military demands. It also seems that President Barack Obama is fated to the practices of a crusader even though the hopes connected with him are hopes for a different, better world.

Keywords

EN

CRUSADERS; DOMINATION; EXPANSIONISM; MISSIONISM; MISSIONS

Discipline

• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Instytut Zachodni. Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 1(330)
• Pages: 171-185
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sepkowski Andrzej

• Andrzej Sepkowski, Instytut Zachodni, Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy, ul. Mostowa 27, 61-854 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA066112