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In mainstream international literature and in the media it is generally assumed that the South has replaced the Soviet Bloc as the main threat to global stability (Fukuyama, 1992; Lukács, 1993; Macrare, 1990; and Mearsheimer, 1990). The demonization of the South has become one of the central motifs of the post-Cold War international system. Many observers have drawn attention to the more explicit racial and cultural dimensions of this process. The argument of this contribution is that such an emphasis may distract from a far more important development, which is the emergence of a liberal-humanitarian discourse whose mission is to ‘save the Third World from itself’. This new discourse is vividly illustrated through the concept and representation of fundamentalism.
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Furedi, F. (1997). The Moral Condemnation of the South. In: Thomas, C., Wilkin, P. (eds) Globalization and the South. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25633-4_5
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