Overview

One of our most brilliant public intellectuals, Paul Berman has spent his career writing on revolutionary movements and their totalitarian aspects. Here he argues that, in the terror war, we are not facing a battle of the West against Islam? clash of civilizations. We are facing, instead, the same battle that tore apart Europe during most of the twentieth century, only in a new version. It is the clash of liberalism and its enemies?he battle between freedom and totalitarianism that arose in Europe many years ago and spread to the Muslim world. The author considers the wars against fascism and communism from the past, and draws cautionary lessons. But he also draws from those past experiences a liberal program for the present? program that departs in fundamental respects from the policies of the Bush administration.

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Author:   Paul Berman
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.10cm
Weight:   0.252kg
ISBN:  

9780393325553

ISBN 10:   0393325555
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   22 June 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Full of good, smart moments. Forceful and persuasive. An accomplished intellectual history...This book has insights for everyone across the political spectrum who seeks a better understanding of the present danger. One of the most challenging accounts of the post-9/11 world. An achievement...practical, yet analytical. A compelling [and] powerful book. A damning indictment of bad leftism...a smart [and] honest book that should be read. An engaging, delusion-busting history primer. Berman connects the dots of world fascism...Policymakers everywhere should bone up on his discoveries and take heed. Berman is one of the most elegant and provacative thinkers to emerge from America's New Left. Berman makes a compelling case. Berman's book is penetrating, insightful, honest, erudite...it is always intense. Breaks its bounds...As a thinker [and] as a writer, Berman begins to cast a spell. Brilliant, stirring. There is much to admire in Berman's book...[a] valuable contribution. Wonderfully rich and illuminating. A fluid and lucid essay by one of America's best exponents of recent intellectual history.

This is the best book I have read on Muslim fundamentalism and what to do about it. George Walden, The Sunday Telegraph A fluent and lucid essay by one of America's best exponents of recent intellectual history. - The Economist. A compelling challenge to modern liberal attitudes... - Martin Bright, The Observer There is much to commend in this well written polemic, not least its analysis of Islamic fundamentalism and its concern about the myopia of many left-liberal thinkers in the west. - New Statesman Those who opposed the second Gulf War should urgently read Terror and Liberalism. The Independent on Sunday [Berman's] is an American, pro-Jewish perspective that knee-jerk European liberals would do well to read. - Robbie Hudson, The Sunday Times.

Full of good, smart moments. -- Kirkus Reviews Forceful and persuasive. -- Washington Post Book World An accomplished intellectual history...This book has insights for everyone across the political spectrum who seeks a better understanding of the present danger. -- National Review One of the most challenging accounts of the post-9/11 world. -- New York Times An achievement...practical, yet analytical. -- The Nation A compelling [and] powerful book. -- Newsletter of the Social Democrats USA A damning indictment of bad leftism...a smart [and] honest book that should be read. -- The Weekly Standard An engaging, delusion-busting history primer. -- Village Voice Berman connects the dots of world fascism...Policymakers everywhere should bone up on his discoveries and take heed. -- Philadelphia Inquirer Berman is one of the most elegant and provacative thinkers to emerge from America's New Left. -- Salon Berman makes a compelling case. -- New York Times Book Review Berman's book is penetrating, insightful, honest, erudite...it is always intense. -- Washington Monthly Breaks its bounds...As a thinker [and] as a writer, Berman begins to cast a spell. -- Bookforum Brilliant, stirring. -- Dallas Morning News There is much to admire in Berman's book...[a] valuable contribution. -- The New York Review Wonderfully rich and illuminating. -- Wall Street Journal A fluid and lucid essay by one of America's best exponents of recent intellectual history. -- The Economist

Author Information

Paul Berman writes about politics and literature for The New Republic, the New York Times Book Review, and other magazines. His books have been translated into thirteen languages. He lives in New York City.

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