Al Qaeda and What It Means to be Modern

Al Qaeda and What It Means to be Modern

by ProfessorJohnGray (Author)

Synopsis

Fundamentalist terror movements are seen as reversions to medievalism, backlashes against a way of life that is the same everywhere. This view is a mirage. Thinking of modernity as a universal condition is a hindrance to understanding the present. Gray goes back to the origins of our notion of modernity in early nineteenth-century Positivism. Many economists imbibed their view that every society goes through the same developmental phases. Gray argues that September 11th destroyed the idea of globalisation as the sole pathway to modernity. He considers the role of the global free market, the pretensions of economics, the metamorphosis of war and the prospects of an American empire.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 06 May 2004

ISBN 10: 0571220355
ISBN 13: 9780571220359

Author Bio
John Gray is Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. His books include Two Faces of Liberalism, Isaiah Berlin, Straw Dogs and False Dawn, which has been translated into thirteen languages.