The suicide of reason : radical Islam's threat to the enlightenment / by Lee Harris.
The suicide of reason : radical Islam's threat to the enlightenment / by Lee Harris.
The suicide of reason : radical Islam's threat to the enlightenment / by Lee Harris.
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N303.482/ 74
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxi, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
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 -- De-mystifying reason -- Thomas Hobbes and the politics of reason -- Condorcet's tenth stage -- Reason and autonomy -- Liberal excepti...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2007.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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"Extraordinarily original and thought-provoking, The Suicide of Reason explains the logic of fanatical movements from the Crusades through Nazism to radical Islam; describes how the Enlightenment overcame fanatical thinking in the West; shows why most Western attempts to address the problem are doomed to fail; and offers strategies by which liberal...
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The suicide of reason : radical Islam's threat to the enlightenment / by Lee Harris.
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Includes index.
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Other version (online)
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N303.482/ 74
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74VKRx5XKxVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRx5XKxVA
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9780465002030
046500203X
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303.482
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991023293289702626
