The Conceit of Innocence: Losing the Conscience of the West in the War Against Bosnia

Innocence may be lost in the post-Cold War West, but the imitation of innocence is evident in the social and political landscape of the 1990s. Eminent sociologist David Reisman has argued that the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890967709
• ISBN13: 9780890967706
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellently exposes the pretence of post-Cold War morality

The book is an excellent examination of the philosophical and psycho-social issues that the West now has to grapple with due to its (im)moral mishandling of the Bosnian crisis. Far from being a diatribe which serves the propaganda interests of any side, the authors explore the multiple implications that have arisen due to the loss of Western morality (or perhaps, the sham that was the West's previous pretence to morality) from various angles, and discuss not only what this means for the Bosnian themselves, but also its importance for today's Western societies.