UNMODERN MEN IN THE MODERN WORLD by Michael J. Mazarr ( 9780521881753 )

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UNMODERN MEN IN THE MODERN WORLD
RADICAL ISLAM, TERRORISM, AND THE WAR ON MODERNITY

By:

Michael J. Mazarr

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0521881757

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9780521881753

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 August, 2007

Pages:

306

Description:

This provocative text examines radical Islamists in the context of globalization and past revolutionaries.

Synopsis:

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.

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