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In the face of recent trends like growing authoritarianism and xenophobic nationalism, the rise of the Far Right, the explosion of economic and social inequalities, heightened geopolitical contest and global capitalism's endless crisis, and the impacts of shocks like the Covid-19 pandemic, discourses about the 'decline of the West' no more look like mere ruminations of a handful of cultural depressives and politically disillusioned; they sound increasingly realistic. This volume addresses this issue by mapping and analyzing the forms, mechanisms, strategies, and effects, in the past, the present, and the future, of Western hegemonies, namely, asymmetrical relations that bring advantages or, at least, secure the superiority of Western state and non-state actors in politics, economics, and culture broadly understood. Over the past decades and centuries, Westerners never ceased claiming supremacy in all these spheres. A host of these relations were initiated through colonialism and imperialism, and perpetuated through informal imperialism, but there are other channels: political interference, inequalities between countries, and attempts at affirming the supremacy of the so-called Western way of life was also secured through the military might and economic power of great Western actors. This book explores sites of Western hegemonies and contributes to understanding the mechanisms through which international hierarchies are formed and maintained. Bringing together the research of scholars from various fields in the humanities and social sciences, political science, international relations, political philosophy, sociology, history, postcolonial studies, criminology, and linguistics, this volume develops a multidisciplinary outlook on the issue of Western hegemonies that allows uncovering resemblances between various forms of asymmetrical relations and their mechanisms.

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The concept of hegemony is often used to explain US dominance over the world after the Cold War. Beyond this essential issue, the book tries to extend the Gramscian concept to different areas of study. The historical perspectives sheds a new light on the still-pertinent concept in International Relations. Prof. Dr. William Gueraiche Program Leader (International Relations) School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Health University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE

The concept of hegemony is often used to explain US dominance over the world after the Cold War. Beyond this essential issue, the book tries to extend the Gramscian concept to different areas of study. The historical perspectives sheds a new light on the still-pertinent concept in International Relations. Prof. Dr. William Gueraiche Program Leader (International Relations) School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Health University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE

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Marie-Josée Lavallée is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of History at the University of Montréal. Her research axes are the history, theory, and practices of democracy, Western imperialisms, and critical theory. Part of her past and current work scrutinizes democratization, democracy, and revolutions in the twentieth century. She also investigates current challenges to democracy (authoritarianism and fascism) and the future of democracy from a global perspective. She lectures on European history and international relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization, and democracy.

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