[Imc-dc-editorial] 'Why Do People Hate America': Zia Sardar talk and book signing

[Chris Strohm]

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Ziauddin Sardar, Author of 'Why Do People Hate America?'
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| |    |  /         Mark your calendars, DC Indymedia
| |\  /| ||      presents another special IndySee Evening
| | \/ |  \__      THURSDAY, MARCH. 27, 2003,   -  7:00pm

Why Do People Hate America?
A Talk and Book Signing by Author Ziauddin Sardar

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2003,   -  7:00pm
at Cada Vez Restaurant and Conference Center, 2nd Floor 1438 U Street, NW, 
Washington, DC - Green Line METRO to U Street, Cordoza

Zia Sardar is a writer (from Pakistan), broadcaster and cultural critic. His 
numerous books include Postmodernism and the Other (1998), Orientalism 
(1999), and The A to Z of Postmodern Life (2002). He has also written a 
highly successful illustrated guides in the Introducing series, including 
Islam, Mathematics, Chaos, Media Studies, Science and the international 
best-seller, Cultural Studies. He is known widely for his regular 
contributions to the New Statesman and national and international newspapers 
and magazines."

'Why Do People Hate America?' Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies (UK) 
dissect this question and get to the root of the all too complicated answer. 
An answer that is not a straightforward counterblast to the hatred expressed 
for America but rather a look at the consequences of interaction in a world 
in which gross disparities of power, wealth, freedom, and opportunity must 
be factored into each and every situation.

Already an international bestseller, "Why Do People Hate America?" doesn't 
stop there but rather examines, discusses and debates many topics, 
including:

• The indiscriminate use of the term 'America' to cover many different 
aspects of U.S. influence and operation around the world and how it is a 
reflection of the 'hamburger syndrome'.

• The way in which the brand called 'America' has been sold to the rest of 
the world and the consequences of the globalization of American culture on 
developing countries.

• Why are presumptions of innocence and self-righteousness so central to 
American self-image? The authors examine America's image of itself in its 
historic narratives and founding myths. They argue that definitions are 
relational terms, in that everyone's image of self includes, and in part 
depends on, their view of other people.

• How the power of the American media works to keep Americans closed to 
experiences and ideas from the rest of the world and thereby increases the 
insularity, self-absorption and ignorance that are the overriding problems 
the rest of the world has with America.


       "'Why Do People Hate America?' is a welcome antidote to the 
self-serving drivel that passes for sophisticated analysis in much of U.S.  
media and mainstream commentary. I strongly recommend this provocative book 
to anyone concerned with the United States and its  role in the world."
               — Robert W. McChesney Author, 'Our Media, Not Theirs'

       "For a most considered view and analysis that seeks to reduce that 
hate while showing its true causes, have a look at Ziaudin Sardar    and 
Merryl Wyn Davies's new book 'Why Do People Hate America?'. It's all there 
in tragic black and white, with the political context    missing in most 
surveys and news reports."
               — Danny Schechter Executive Editor, Mediachannel.org


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