Conversations With History - Walter Russell Mead

"Britain and America and the Making of the Modern World"

Conversations with History host Harry Kreisler welcomes Walter Russell Mead of the Council on Foreign Relations for a discussion of the Anglo American maritime system—its origins, development, and impact on the world. The conversation touches on the unique synergy between protestant religion and capitalism in the Anglo American world, the consolidation of power in the process of transforming the international system, the importance of culture in international politics, and the need for a dialogue of civilizations in the 21st century.

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[shelata]

However, I think Mead did touch on this in describing the links between Protestantism in the US, UK, and Netherlands and global capitalism. Being rooted in the Abrahamic commandment to change, these religions in effect see pluralism, democracy, and capitalism as an extension of God's workings. However, this doesn't seem to explain the ebb and flow of fundamentalist religious sentiments in either the US or UK.

At any rate, thanks for posting this video. I enjoyed it tremendously.

[shillyshallyz]

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"IF CERTAINS ACTS AND VIOLATIONS OF TREATIES ARE CRIMES, THEY ARE CRIMES WHETHER THE UNITED STATES DOES THEM OR WHETHER GERMANY DOES THEM. WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO LAY DOWN A RULE OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT AGAINST OTHERS WHICH WE WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO HAVE INVOKED AGAINST US."

— Justice Robert H. Jackson, Chief Prosecutor, Nuremberg War Crimes Trials

[bigfriendlyben]

Now I understand why people hate america

[watching99134]

Refreshing for an American intellectual to have any awareness whatsoever of intercultural/cross-cultural issues but for some reason perceives it as inevitable in the nature of Anglo-America to try to change the rest of the world…isolationism is a powerful historical trend in America, and the need to "explore" (exploit?) has more to do with rapacious corporate capitalism…(which is *not* the same as small business capitalism)

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[plummerjones]

Hmm he seems like a nice guy.

Wotan, I didnt understand a word you just typed. Please come back and rewrite what you wrote.

[wotan20]

-Cont.-

Second issue: Could the distinguished scholar only talks history here, which looses its relevance daily? Does he talk past glories, which ran their course but it's no longer valid? For further info check some of my last favorite videos about the economic trends developing, which has been looming and in preparation in generations, indeed from the period of the 2nd WW.

[wotan20]

What an exhibition of elitist, imperial hubris with a good measure of Anglo-American messianism thrown in for good measure. Sure it was eloquent and Mr. Mead seemingly cleverly integrated its thesis' contradictions into its proposition.

First issue: At what point it is facetious to talk of Anglo-American inner drive, when huge swathes of domestic underclass increasingly its wictims also? -Cont.-

[renaldo999]

excellent interview.

love the series.

please have Berkeley Professor Alan Tansman on next to discuss his forthcoming books "The Culture of of Japanese Fascism" (Duke), and "The Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism."

thx!

[NIRANJINI90]

It has always be obvious to me that religious doctrine is designed to support colonial economic expansion and God has nothing to do with it.