
Before the West w/ Ayşe Zarakol
The Dig
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A Post Western World, or a Westphalian Future?
It is possible that, you know, may be nearing the end of this particular acumuna. There's increased fragmentation in our order increasingly. And to truly rully we move beyond ourocentricism, i think we need to realize there are good and bad actors in asia as well. I mean, my book is a story of empire building. You know, it's not like all, like, europeans had empires, and how great. And, like, asians also had empires, how great. It's part of the same hundred year old, 200 year history. So yes, i don't think ester politics were headed in that direction for a long time
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