Meaning of Americentrism | Babel Free

Examples

“American education, if it is centered on anything, is centered on itself. It is “Americentric.” Most American students today have never studied any world history, they know very little about Europe, and even less about the rest of the world. Their minds are rooted solidly in the here and now. When the Berlin Wall was opened in the fall of 1989, journalists discovered that most American teenagers had no idea what it was, nor why its opening was such a big deal. Nonetheless, Eurocentrism provides a better target than Americentrism.”

“Like those writers, the [Jesus and] Mary Chain never explicitly declares that “it’s okay to be working class and from Great Britain.” But by singing in their own accents and dealing with real-life situations in their lyrics, the band’s members do offer an alternative to the “Americentrism” of, say, Madonna or Bruce Springsteen.”

“During the 1930s American thinkers had shifted in attitude from Eurocentrism toward Americentrism, and now, as Europe whipped itself into a frenzied readiness for war, America experienced a growing push for isolationism.”

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