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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The shift in the U.S. global role precipitated by the events of September 11, 2001 Achcar's The major result of this miscalculation has been to complete a shift from the vision of a world order based on international law and respecting the rights of strong and weak nations alike, announced by George Bush, Sr., in 1991, to the world order being created by the administration of George W. Bush today, in which the United States asserts its own power and pursues its interests without regard for law or rights. In this context, we are living through a "clash of barbarisms" indeed. This important and timely work is already scheduled for publication in French, English, German, Turkish, and Korean. It draws on first-hand knowledge of the Middle East, but looks beyond immediate events to clarify their geopolitical bases. Book News Annotation:Although much of the political discussion will be familiar to
progressive readers concerned about Bush's "war on terror," Achcar
(politics and international relations, U. of Paris-VIII, France) does
make a number of observations that these and other readers will find
novel. Of the most important is Achcar's argument that civilization
and barbarism are not diametrically opposed but are in fact often
Janus-faced forms of the same phenomenon. The political and military
hegemony of the United States, combined with the growing economic
inequalities of "globalization," lead to an anomie that necessarily
entails the utilization of the asymmetric barbarism of homegrown
terrorists like Mcveigh and transnational terrorists like Bin Laden
against the hegemonic barbarism of the United States.
Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) About the AuthorGilbert Achcar was born in Lebanon and now lives in France. He teaches Politics and International Relations at the University of Paris-VIII, and a frequent contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique. He is the author of several books on contemporary politics published in French, and editor of What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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