Poddar, Prem, and Sinha, Chris  <br/><br/>
Re-imagining empire: ‘Great(ER) China’ and ‘global Britain’ 

 - Seminar  
 - (743), Jul, 2021: p.47-52 
<br/><br/> Two or three decades ago, it was commonly assumed by influential western intellectuals that a newly re-energized global capitalism would, through a process of modernization brought about by the creation of new markets in ‘emerging economies’, bring with it a convergence around the world of social systems, cultural norms and popular lifestyles. Modernity would increasingly have a common face, moulded in the image of western liberal democracy. Today we see this as wishful thinking. Although the narcissistic ‘West is Best’ narrative continues to be vigorously propagated by western think tanks and international institutions, it is increasingly threadbare and ever more explicitly contested. Nowhere is this contestation more evident than when it comes to China and the West. – Reproduced <br/><br/>