Chapter 1 Introduction: Three Questions about the Future: Answers from the Past Chapter 2 The Internet Era—and Beyond Chapter 3 The Anglosphere and Its Revolutions Chapter 4 Trust, Civil Society, Government, and Cyberspace Chapter 5 The Civic State and the Network Commonwealth Chapter 6 The Anglosphere as a Unique Civilization Chapter 7 The Anglosphere Century
James C. Bennett is a founding director of the non-profit Foresight Institute, which deals with education and research on nanotechnology, and the related Institute for Molecular Manufacturing. He is also a cofounder of The Anglosphere Institute, a non-profit organization conducting policy research and further the concepts of the Anglosphere and the Network Commonwealth. Bennett is an adjunct fellow of The Hudson Institute.
It is very unusual to come across a genuinely new idea or a really
original book. But the central thesis of The Anglosphere
Challenge—that a new world order based on cultural affinity is
evolving in response to the information revolution—is the most
original attempt yet to make sense of the post-cold war world. New
and original ideas are often strange or unsettling. Yet when Mr.
Bennett has finished making his case, it seems the most obvious
common sense. In short, this may be the Next Big Idea.
*John O'Sullivan, editor, The National Interest*
The most original foreign policy book of the year . . . James C.
Bennett has sketched how the international order might be reshaped
by the Internet and the communications revolution—and what allies
the United States would have in that new world.
*Chicago Sun-Times*
James C. Bennett's book leads one on a journey of discovery
disguised as a journey of rediscovery. He lends expression to ideas
one feels one has always known, but which were never formulated
until Bennett put them into words.
*George Jonas, columnist, National Post (Canada)*
It is clear that [James C.] Bennett and [Samuel] Huntington have
similar conceptions about the core elements of 'Anglo' culture. But
for Bennett, the dynamics of this culture, interacting with the
global economy and Internet technology, are driving Americans
beyond a mere national identity which is limited to the United
States to a transnational identity which is grounded in the dense
interrelations—the network commonwealth—among the English-speaking
nations. The Anglosphere, Bennett foresees, will be the most
coherent, advanced, and effective association of nations of any
operating and competing within the global economy and the
information age. As such, Bennett projects a more expansive and
optimistic future for Americans than that provided by Huntington's
analysis.
*The National Interest, (Fall 2004)*
The first full-length treatment of the idea [of the
'Anglosphere']—and a powerful one. [Bennett's] book is bound to
ratchet up serious discussion of it to an altogether higher
level—and bring it to a new and larger audience.
*New York Post*
James C. Bennett in his pathbreaking book The Anglosphere Challenge
sees the contemporary English-speaking world as what he calls a
'network civilization' - that is, a set of countries that shares a
common cultural heritage going far beyond language.
*The New Criterion*
The Anglosphere Challenge is one of the important books of our
time.
*National Review*
The volume will be of interest to readers that seek a thorough
understanding of the technological revolution of the last few
decades and its claimed Anglosphere heritage.
*Political Studies Review*
Recommended
*CHOICE*
In his book, The Anglosphere Challenge, James C. Bennett talks
about a shared set of values in which Magna Carta, trial by jury,
"innocent until proven guilty", "a man's home is his castle", and
"a man's word is his bond" are common themes.
*The Daily Telegraph*
Stresses the pivotal nature of English fluency in the
information-age economy to come.
*Dick Morris*
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