Why the West is best
Subtitle: a Muslim apostate defends liberal democracy
By: by Ibn Warraq
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781594035760
Subjects: East and West; Philosophy; Values
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Prologue: the superiority of western values in eight minutes; title: New York, New York, or life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; title: What is the West? Greece, Rome and Jerusalem. why the west? the reasons for its success; title: Drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll, or the myth of eastern spirituality and western materialism; title: Slavery, racism, imperialism, and abolition; title: Self-criticism, irony, objective knowledge and science; title: Two freedoms; title: Conclusion: how to defend western civilization.