1st Edition

Clash of Barbarisms The Making of the New World Disorder

By Gilbert Achcar Copyright 2006
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

"This inquiry into the probable shape of things to come is sober, uncompromising, deeply informed, and full of provocative insights and judicious analyses." Noam Chomsky "The most forceful, most rigorous text that there is to read on this war." Le Monde Diplomatique The volatile Middle East is the site of vast resources, profound passions, frequent crises, and long-standing conflicts, as well as a... Read more
Introduction From One September 11th to Another; Chapter One Narcissistic Compassion and Global Spectacle; Chapter Two Oil, Religion, Fanaticism and Frankensteins; Chapter Three Hatred, Barbarisms, Asymmetry and Anomie; Chapter Four The Barbarism of the ‘Civilizing Mission’, Postscript; concl Conclusion;

Biography

Gilbert Achcar, Peter Drucker

“This inquiry into the probable shape of things to come is sober, uncompromising, deeply informed, and full of provocative insights and judicious analyses.” —Noam Chomsky
“The most forceful, most rigorous text that there is to read on this war.”
—Le Monde Diplomatique