The clash of barbarisms : the making of the new world disorder /
Achcar, Gilbert.
The clash of barbarisms : the making of the new world disorder / Gilbert Achcar ; translated from the French by Peter Drucker. - Updated and expanded ed. - Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, 2006. - 192 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-188) and index.
Narcissistic compassion and global spectacle -- Anti-Americanism and 'values' -- Absolute and relative evil -- The uniqueness of 11 September -- Globalization and narcissistic compassion -- The media and the logic of war -- Oil, religion, fanaticism and Frankensteins -- The sorcerer's apprentices -- An Islamic Texas -- Propagating Islamic fundamentalism -- Interpretations of Islamic fundamentalism -- On despotism in Muslim countries -- Neither fascist nor progressive -- Bin Laden's duel with Washington -- Hatred, barbarisms, asymmetry and anomie -- Hatred and strategy -- The clash of barbarisms -- Preventing terrorism -- On asymmetric dominance -- Hegemonic unilateralism -- Apocalyptic terrorism -- Urban violence and anomie -- The barbarism of the 'civilizing mission' (postscript) -- Varieties of perverse enjoyment -- The 'civilizing mission's' new clothes -- The 'democracy paradox' -- Conclusion : Leviathan and the presidents -- Two conceptions of world order -- Postwar choices.
1594513082 (alk. paper) 9781594513084 (alk. paper) 1594513090 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781594513091 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006012652
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Terrorism--Political aspects.
Terrorism--Saudi Arabia.
Petroleum industry and trade--United States.
United States--Relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--2001-
E183.8.M628 / A175 2006
303.48/273056090511
The clash of barbarisms : the making of the new world disorder / Gilbert Achcar ; translated from the French by Peter Drucker. - Updated and expanded ed. - Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, 2006. - 192 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-188) and index.
Narcissistic compassion and global spectacle -- Anti-Americanism and 'values' -- Absolute and relative evil -- The uniqueness of 11 September -- Globalization and narcissistic compassion -- The media and the logic of war -- Oil, religion, fanaticism and Frankensteins -- The sorcerer's apprentices -- An Islamic Texas -- Propagating Islamic fundamentalism -- Interpretations of Islamic fundamentalism -- On despotism in Muslim countries -- Neither fascist nor progressive -- Bin Laden's duel with Washington -- Hatred, barbarisms, asymmetry and anomie -- Hatred and strategy -- The clash of barbarisms -- Preventing terrorism -- On asymmetric dominance -- Hegemonic unilateralism -- Apocalyptic terrorism -- Urban violence and anomie -- The barbarism of the 'civilizing mission' (postscript) -- Varieties of perverse enjoyment -- The 'civilizing mission's' new clothes -- The 'democracy paradox' -- Conclusion : Leviathan and the presidents -- Two conceptions of world order -- Postwar choices.
1594513082 (alk. paper) 9781594513084 (alk. paper) 1594513090 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781594513091 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006012652
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Terrorism--Political aspects.
Terrorism--Saudi Arabia.
Petroleum industry and trade--United States.
United States--Relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--2001-
E183.8.M628 / A175 2006
303.48/273056090511