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The clash of barbarisms : the making of the new world disorder / Gilbert Achcar ; translated from the French by Peter Drucker.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, 2006.Edition: Updated and expanded edDescription: 192 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1594513082 (alk. paper)
  • 9781594513084 (alk. paper)
  • 1594513090 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781594513091 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Choc des barbaries. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48/273056090511 22
LOC classification:
  • E183.8.M628 A175 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) E183.8.M628 A175 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000057893

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.

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