American Dream, Global Nightmare
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American Dream, Global Nightmare is a book by Ziauddin Sardar
and Merryl Wyn Davies
(Icon Books, 2004).
This book presents the neoconservative ideology of Pax Americana
as ten laws.
Ziauddin Sardar
Ziauddin Sardar is a London-based scholar, writer and cultural-critic who specialises in Muslim thought, the future of Islam, futures studies and science and cultural relations...
and Merryl Wyn Davies
Merryl Wyn Davies
Merryl Wyn Davies is a Welsh Muslim scholar, writer and broadcaster who specializes in Islam, and the co-author of many books and articles with Ziauddin Sardar. A leading exponent of Islamic anthropology, she is Director of the , London.-Biography:...
(Icon Books, 2004).
This book presents the neoconservative ideology of Pax Americana
Pax Americana
Pax Americana is an appellation applied to the historical concept of relative peace in the Western hemisphere and, later, the Western world, resulting from the preponderance of power enjoyed by the United States of America starting around the turn of the 20th century...
as ten laws.
- Law 1: Fear is essential.
- Law 2: Escape is the reason for being.
- Law 3: Ignorance is bliss.
- Law 4: America is the idea of nation.
- Law 5: Democratisation of everything is the essence of America.
- Law 6: American democracy has the right to be imperial and express itself through Empire.
- Law 7: Cinema is the engine of Empire.
- Law 8: Celebrity is the common currency of Empire.
- Law 9: War is a necessity.
- Law 10: American tradition and history are universal narratives applicable across all time and space.