Al Qaeda And What It Means To Be Modern - Brossura

Gray, John

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ISBN 10: 1565849876 ISBN 13: 9781565849877

Casa editrice: New Pr, 2005

Riassunto

A controversial reevaluation of Al Qaeda contends that the September 11 terrorist attacks were directly related to the organization's modern, western-style ideologies, arguing that Al Qaeda's utopian zeal to remake the world in its own image descends from an Enlightenment creed similar to that which informed the Soviet experiment and neo-liberal beliefs about a global free market. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"A biting critique of American-style capitalism as a one-size fits-all solution for the world’s problems, destined to spread everywhere." —The Chronicle of Higher Education

"Chock-full of interesting observations and stimulating insights." —Danny Postel, The Nation

"Smart, learned, lucid." —Kirkus Review

"A useful and breakneck tour of the perils of modernity." —The Toronto Globe and Mail

L'autore:

John Gray is a political philosopher and former professor of European thought at the London School of Economics. He is the author ofFalse Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism, Two Faces of Liberalism, andAl Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern, all published by The New Press. He lives in London.

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• Editore: New Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1565849876
• ISBN 13: 9781565849877
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 145