Exploration Of The Reasons For Anti-Americanism In The Contemporary World

After the cold war, the America has become the only superpower in the world. While the strength of the America rises to the top of the earth, the wave of anti-Americanism worldwide is turning stronger and stronger, not falling but rising. The "September11events " not only represent the submit of the development of the anti-Americanism in the past, but also indicate the beginning of the new wave of anti-Americanism in the future.The anti-Americanism is total union of subjective anti-American psychology and objective anti-American action, that is, not all the anti-American phenomenon are anti-Americanism. The cause of anti-Americanism is a complete system that contains aspects of theory and reality. From the theoretical level, the reason of anti-Americanism can be revealed and analyzed by the imbalance of power based on the theory of the neorealism, the unsymmetrical interdependence based on the theory of the neoliberalism, and the conflict on indentity based on constructivism. From the aspect of reality, the anti-Americanism is actually the concrete reflect of the above in the real world, moreover, it can be related to some special factors such as the history and culture of specific nations and regions, the conditions of the interactions with the America, etc, which make the anti-American shows different reasons and expressions in different nations and regions. Theoretically, the anti-Americanism is more like a structural issue that will last long. Realistically, there is many constructive feature in the reasons of anti-Americanism, it is highly relevant to the interactions of each other and largely depend on the intersubjectivity. Therefore, the anti-Americanism is not unsoothable or unimprovable in terms of each nation and region. On the background of the fierce tide of anti-Americanism at present, it is a very urgent epochal task for the America and rest world to face up to the issue of anti-Americanism and view the universality and particularity of its reasons, and to interact in a positive and friendly way to deepen the understanding and consensus of each other.