Unmodern Men in the Modern World: Radical Islam, Terrorism, and the War on Modernity

di Michael J. Mazarr (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2007

A sense of malaise and uncertainty surrounds the so-called war on terror. This volume offers a bold rethinking of the central challenge in that conflict: the rise of radical Islamism. Mazarr argues that this movement represents the latest in a series of anti-modern political and philosophical rebellions: in its causes, the shape of its ideology, and its social consequences, the movement shares much in common with German fascism, Russian revolutionary doctrines, and Japanese imperialist nationalism. The book builds a model of how anti-modern movements arise and suggests broader truths about the changing character of world politics and the psychological basis of national security in a globalized world. It concludes with a critique of the war on terror as currently pursued and a wide-ranging proposal for a strikingly different approach to the challenge of this latest challenge to modernity.

• Autore: Michael J. Mazarr
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 2007
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 306 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 156 mm
• Peso: 520 gr.
• EAN: 9780521881753

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