Debating the War of Ideas [electronic resource] /
Gallagher, J.editor.
Patterson, E.editor.
The War of Ideas is about the fundamental principles of human society. It is a global war: the foes have resorted to arms to protect and promote their worldview. This book brings together some of the most important voices from different partisan, theoretical and religious perspectives to argue and forecast the next phase in the War of Ideas.
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; One: Approaching the War of Ideas; Two: Jihadism's War on Democracy; Three: ""Dangerous Concepts"" and the Struggle Within: Reclaiming State and Politics from the Islamists; Four: Sharing with Equals: Modernity, Fundamentalism, and the Future; Five: Taqiyya: War and Deceit in Islam; Six: Debates over Just War and Jihad: Ideas, Interpretations, and Implications across Cultures; Seven: The War of Ideas: The Role of the ""Afterlife""; Eight: The Clash of Civilizations?; Nine: Debating Absolutism and Pluralism in Contemporary Islam
Ten: Democracy, Religion, and the War of IdeasEleven: Inter-civilizational Conflict between Value Systems and Concepts of Order: Exploring the Islamic Humanist Potential for a Peace of Ideas; Twelve: The War of Ideas as Therapy: Reflections on a Eureka Moment in the ""War on Terror""; Thirteen: Waging Trans-epistemological Warfare; Fourteen: Counter-radicalization and Europe's New Security Dilemma; Fifteen: The Struggle for Islamism in the Levant: The Case of Northern Lebanon; Sixteen: Dissonance and Denial: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War of Ideas; Select Bibliography; Index
The War of Ideas is about the fundamental principles of human society. It is a global war: the foes have resorted to arms to protect and promote their worldview. This book brings together some of the most important voices from different partisan, theoretical and religious perspectives to argue and forecast the next phase in the War of Ideas.
International relations.
Europe—Politics and government.
Middle East—Politics and government.
Diplomacy.
World politics.
Political science.
International Relations.
European Politics.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Diplomacy.
Political History.
Political Science.