The clash of barbarisms : the making of the new world disorder /
Achcar, Gilbert.
Boulder ; London : Paradigm Publishers,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-188) and index.
Narcissistic compassion and global spectacle -- Anti-Americanism and 'values' -- Absolute and relative evil -- The uniqueness of 11 September -- Globalization and narcissistic compassion -- The media and the logic of war -- Oil, religion, fanaticism and Frankensteins -- The sorcerer's apprentices -- An Islamic Texas -- Propagating Islamic fundamentalism -- Interpretations of Islamic fundamentalism -- On despotism in Muslim countries -- Neither fascist nor progressive -- Bin Laden's duel with Washington -- Hatred, barbarisms, asymmetry and anomie -- Hatred and strategy -- The clash of barbarisms -- Preventing terrorism -- On asymmetric dominance -- Hegemonic unilateralism -- Apocalyptic terrorism -- Urban violence and anomie -- The barbarism of the 'civilizing mission' (postscript) -- Varieties of perverse enjoyment -- The 'civilizing mission's' new clothes -- The 'democracy paradox' -- Conclusion : Leviathan and the presidents -- Two conceptions of world order -- Postwar choices.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Terrorism
Terrorism
Petroleum industry and trade