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Author Harris, Lee, 1948-

Title The suicide of reason : radical Islam's threat to the enlightenment / Lee Harris.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  BF575.F16 H27 2007    Available  ---
Description xxi, 290 pages ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Fanaticism and the myth of modernity -- The denial of fanaticism -- Fanaticism and resentment -- The end of history? -- Clash or crash? -- The fanaticism of reason -- Demystifying reason -- Thomas Hobbes and the politics of reason -- Condorcet's tenth stage -- Reason and autonomy -- Liberal exceptionalism -- The logic of fanaticism -- The legacy and future of jihad -- Can carpe diem societies survive? -- Our new world disorder.
Subject Fanaticism -- Psychological aspects.
Fanaticism -- Psychological aspects.
Fanaticism.
Religious fanaticism -- Psychological aspects.
Religious fanaticism.
Psychological aspects.
Fanatisme.
Politieke bewegingen.
Islam.
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Westerse wereld.
ISBN 9780465002030
046500203X