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The New (Old) Discourse on the American Empire and the War in Iraq

Fear and trembling as a response to American power can be traced back to the origins of the republic.¹ The European elites, since the 18th century, looked upon the upstart nation with a combination of fascination, disdain and envy that might have been described by Nietzsche as resentment, a feeling of powerlessness compensated by subconscious desire for revenge.² In the European imagination, "America" conjures up a plethora of disparate images: empty space, youthful energy, unlimited opportunity on the one hand, crass materialism, primitive culture, raw power and capitalist excess on the other. No wonder then that right from the beginning...