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Afghanistanism is a term, first recorded in the United States,〔Oxford English Dictionary, Third Edition, Afghanistanism, n. 'colloq. (orig. U.S.)'〕 for the practice of concentrating on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring controversial local issues.〔("afghanistanism." ''Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.'' Merriam-Webster, 2002. ) ''Access to this link requires registration.''〕〔(The term is similarly defined in the Double-Tongued Dictionary website )〕 In other contexts, the term has referred to "hopelessly arcane and irrelevant scholarship,"〔 page 99 〕 "fascination with exotic, faraway lands,"〔(Estate of Rhea Talley Stewart, ''Fire in Afghanistan 1914–1929: The First Opening to the West Undone by Tribal Ferocity Years Before the Taliban iUniverse, 2000 page viii ) ISBN 978-0-595-09319-9〕 or "Railing and shaking your fist at an unseen foe who is quite unaware of your existence, much less your fury."〔(John Livingston, ''The John A. Livingston Reader: The Fallacy of Wildlife Conservation and One Cosmic Instant: A Natural History of Human Arrogance,'' page 3. McClelland & Stewart, 2007 ) ISBN 978-0-7710-5326-9〕 ==Origin== The Oxford English Dictionary lists Afghanistanism as a US colloquialism; the first written citation it provides is from 1948: :J. Lloyd Jones in Probl. Journalism (Amer. Soc. Newspaper Editors Convention) 73, I don't wish to belabor this subject of Afghanistanism, this business of taking forthright stands on elections in Costa Rica, while the uncollected local garbage reeks beneath the editor's window.〔OED, 3rd Ed., Afghanistanism, n.〕 : Conversely, columnist Joe Klein wrote in ''Time'' magazine in 2010 that the term originated in the 19th century when "the British press defined ''Afghanistanism'' as the obsession with obscure foreign wars at the expense of domestic priorities," adding that "Afghanistanism seems likely to become a national debate (the United States ) before long: Is building roads and police stations in Afghanistan more important than doing so at home?"〔(December 27, 2010–January 3, 2011, pages 96 and 99 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Afghanistanism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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