The Cultural Contradictions of Democracy: Political Thought Since September 11

by John Brenkman

Book Overview

Since 9/11, American foreign policy has been guided by grand ideas like tyranny, democracy, and freedom. And yet the course of events has played havoc with the cherished assumptions of hawks and doves alike. The geo-civil war afflicting the Muslim world from Lebanon through Iraq and Afghanistan to Pakistan confronts the West with the need to articulate anew what its political ideas and ideals actually are. In The Cultural Contradictions of Democracy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691171203
• ISBN13: 9780691171203
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"