Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern by John N. Gray

Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern

John N. Gray

145 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
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Fundamentalist terror movements are seen as reversions to medievalism, backlashes against a way of life that is the same everywhere. This view is a mirage. Thinking of modernity as a universal condition is a hindrance to understanding the present....

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