The Suicide of Reason
Radical Islam’s Threat to the West
July 2008
Trade Paperback · 312 Pages
$16.95 U.S. · $18.50 CAN · £11.99 U.K. · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780465010226
Basic Books
Trade Paperback · 312 Pages
$16.95 U.S. · $18.50 CAN · £11.99 U.K. · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780465010226
Basic Books
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Description
Mired in a low-grade yet bitter war with Islamic fanaticism, the West is finding itself ill-equipped to fight back. With thought-provoking insights, Lee Harris explains the logic of fanatical movements from the Crusades through Nazism to radical Islam; describes how the Enlightenment overcame fanatical thinking in the West; shows why most Western attempts to address the problem are doomed to fail; and offers strategies by which liberal internationalism can defend itself without mirroring the tribal forces it is trying to defeat.
About the Author
Lee Harris is the author of Civilization and Its Enemies: The Next Stage of History and a frequent contributor to Policy Review, the Wall Street Journal’s “Opinion Journal,” and other publications, both print and online. He lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia.