‘Day of Empire’

 

Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance – and Why They Fall

 

The Persian dynasties, the Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic in the 17th century, United States of America: all of these hyperpowers grew to world dominance at a time when they had high concentrations of minorities.

 

Each admitted people who had been persecuted or cast off. And each profited from them.

So says Amy Chua in her latest book Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance – And Why They Fall. Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, will take the John Adams Institute stage to argue that this acceptance of cultural diversity is precisely the secret of the success of these powers.

27 mei 2009, Academiegebouw Utrecht