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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Between fear and resentment -- Barbarism and civilization -- Collective identities -- The war of the worlds -- Steering between the reefs -- European identity -- Conclusion: Beyond manicheism -- Afterword, 2010. |
| Summary |
The relationship between Western democracies and Islam, rarely entirely comfortable, has in recent years become increasingly tense. A growing immigrant population and worries about cultural and political assimilation--exacerbated by terrorist attacks in the United States, Europe, and around the world--have provoked reams of commentary from all parts of the political spectrum, a frustrating majority of it hyperbolic or even hysterical. In The Fear of Barbarians, Tzvetan Todorov offers a corrective: an analysis of the problem, rooted in Enlightenment values yet open to the claims of cultural difference. Drawing on history, anthropology, and politics, and bringing to bear examples ranging from the murder of Theo van Gogh to the French ban on headscarves, Todorov argues that the West must overcome its fear of Islam if it is to avoid betraying the values it claims to protect. True freedom, Todorov explains, requires us to strike a delicate balance between protecting and imposing cultural values, acknowledging the primacy of the law, and yet strenuously protecting minority views that do not interfere with its aims. --From publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
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East and West.
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East and West. |
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Civilization -- Philosophy.
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Civilization -- Philosophy. |
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Islam and politics.
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Islam and politics. |
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Islamic countries -- Relations -- Europe.
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Islamic countries. |
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Relations. |
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Europe. |
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Europe -- Relations -- Islamic countries.
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Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Group identity -- Europe.
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Manichaeism.
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Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Islam. |
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World politics -- 1989-
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Group identity. |
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1989- |
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Civilization, Modern -- 1950-
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Civilization, Modern. |
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1950- |
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Manichaeism. |
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Manichaeism. |
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World politics. |
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HISTORY -- World. |
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1950 |
| Added Title |
Peur des barbares. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010039515
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Todorov, Tzvetan, 1939- Peur des barbares. English. Fear of barbarians. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010 9780226805757 (DLC) 2010009778 (OCoLC)562772886 |
| ISBN |
9780226805788 (electronic book) |
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0226805786 (electronic book) |
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9780226805757 |
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0226805751 |
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