Word: hegemonyã
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...insight, however, academics are often too busy observing topics in the intellectual stratosphere. We are taught what words mean but not how to use them, and these concepts without meaning gradually fill our heads like sawdust. Ubiquitous buzzwords like “reification” and “hegemony?? and “meta” are only rhetoric that gives the illusion of knowledge. We may sound like good little Harvard students when we use these terms, but whatever illusion of intelligence we produce through them is undeserved if we are ignorant of their application...
...become experts in silencing opposition. Meanwhile, the co-opted national media talks about the heroic government struggles against Western imperialists seeking to regain control of the country. For instance, in 2003 Mugabe declared the Internet to be a tool of Western imperialism perpetuating “the iniquity of hegemony?? during a UN conference. What he forgot to mention was his monopoly on Zimbabwean media outlets. At least the Western imperialists build fine cars, something Mugabe, who arrived at the opening parliamentary session last year in a Rolls Royce, can appreciate...
...effect, by labeling those with the gall to question American global hegemony??whether in the academic sphere, the press, or the United Nations—anti-American, the in-party found a remarkably effective way of squelching dissent...
...United States’ reputation abroad. Despite the small size and limited goals of American military operations in the Philippines, Yemen and now Georgia, the image of American troops spreading out across the globe conveys to the international community an image of American hegemony and worse—military hegemony??that both disturbs our allies and incites our enemies, all for marginal gains...
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