Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West - Brossura

Caldwell, Christopher

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ISBN 10: 0713999365 ISBN 13: 9780713999365

Casa editrice: Allen Lane, 2009

Riassunto

Why has Europe's half-century of mass immigration failed to produce anything resembling the American melting pot? Deadly terrorist attacks and rioting in Muslim neighbourhoods have now forced Europeans, caught up in a demographic revolution they never expected, to question its success and to confront the limits of their long-held liberal values. By overestimating its need for immigrant labour and underestimating the culture-shaping potential of religion, has Europe trapped itself in a problem to which it has no obvious solution?

Christopher Caldwell has been reporting on the politics and culture of Islam in Europe for over a decade. In his provocative and unflinching book Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, he reveals the anger of natives and newcomers alike. He describes asylum policies that have served illegal immigrants better than refugees. He exposes the strange interaction of welfare states and Third World traditions, the anti-Americanism that brings natives and newcomers together, and the arguments over women and sex that drive them apart. And he examines the dangerous tendency of politicians to defuse tensions surrounding Islam by curtailing the rights of all.

Based on extensive reporting and offering trenchant analysis, Reflections on the Revolution in Europe is destined to become the classic work on how Muslim immigration permanently reshaped the West.

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Recensione

The most rigorous and plainspoken examination of Muslim immigration in Europe to date, a sobering book that walks right up to, if never quite crossing, the line between being alarming and being alarmist . . . well researched, fervently argued and morally serious. (New York Times)

Caldwell is a bracing, clear-eyed analyst of European pieties . . . compared with most literature on migration, this book pulsates with ideas. (Guardian)

Reflections On The Revolution In Europe will inspire some readers, infuriate others and leave very few indifferent. That's exactly as it should be - because wherever you stand on this debate, it's one we can't afford to ignore. (The Sunday Business Post)

L'autore

Christopher Caldwell is a columnist for the Financial Times, a contributing writer for The New York Times and a senior editor at the Weekly Standard. He lives in Washington, DC and travels regularly across Europe. He has been described by Matthew d'Ancona as 'one of the best journalists in the world' and has been reporting on the politics and culture of Islam in Europe for more than a decade.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Allen Lane
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0713999365
• ISBN 13: 9780713999365
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 384