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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Edwy Plenel , David FernbachPublisher: Verso Books Imprint: Verso Books Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.131kg ISBN: 9781784784867ISBN 10: 1784784869 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 03 May 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThank goodness for this humane, civilized and morally brave book. It speaks important truths which these days are much too rarely heard. Peter Oborne A powerful call to address the empathy deficit and intellectual poverty which underlies the obsessive Islamophobia of much French public discourse. Noting that Islamophobia now performs the cultural function once assigned to anti-Semitism, For the Muslims is a polemic against indifference. Plenel resurrects France s heritage of critical thought to call on his fellow citizens and others to develop a competing imaginary to the one established by rampant xenophobia. Priyamvada Gopal An important book about one of the most pressing issues facing modern Europe. Insightful, historically grounded and detailed, it s required reading. Murtaza Hussain An urgent and necessary warning cry against hatred and the politics of fear and indifference that fuels it. From the Dreyfus affair to the aftermath of the Paris attacks of 2015, Plenel shows how the normalization of a far-right narrative of rejection, exclusion and otherness will have consequences for us all. Simon Hooper Thank goodness for this humane, civilized and morally brave book. It speaks important truths which these days are much too rarely heard. Peter Oborne A powerful call to address the empathy deficit and intellectual poverty which underlies the obsessive Islamophobia of much French public discourse. Noting that Islamophobia now performs the cultural function once assigned to anti-Semitism, For the Muslims is a polemic against indifference. Plenel resurrects France s heritage of critical thought to call on his fellow citizens and others to develop a competing imaginary to the one established by rampant xenophobia. Priyamvada Gopal An important book about one of the most pressing issues facing modern Europe. Insightful, historically grounded and detailed, it s required reading. Murtaza Hussain An urgent and necessary warning cry against hatred and the politics of fear and indifference that fuels it. From the Dreyfus affair to the aftermath of the Paris attacks of 2015, Plenel shows how the normalization of a far-right narrative of rejection, exclusion and otherness will have consequences for us all. Simon Hooper Author InformationEdwy Plenel is an award-winning radical journalist, former Editorial Director of Le Monde, essayist and founder of the independent journalism platform Mediapart. Known for his investigative work challenging the actions of the French state, he is the author of several books, including The Struggle for a Free Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |