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Why the West is best : a Muslim apostate's defense of liberal democracy
- Title
- Why the West is best : a Muslim apostate's defense of liberal democracy / Ibn Warraq.
- Author
- Ibn Warraq.
- Publication
- New York : Encounter Books, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- 286 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface -- Prologue: the superiority of western values in eight minutes -- New York, New York, or life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -- What is the West? Greece, Rome and Jerusalem. why the west? the reasons for its success -- Drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll, or the myth of eastern spirituality and western materialism -- Slavery, racism, imperialism, and abolition -- Self-criticism, irony, objective knowledge and science -- Two freedoms -- Conclusion: how to defend western civilization.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-896
- ISBN
- 9781594035760 (alk. paper)
- 1594035768 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011025537
- OCLC
- YBP 2011025537
- Author
- Ibn Warraq.
- Title
- Why the West is best : a Muslim apostate's defense of liberal democracy / Ibn Warraq.
- Imprint
- New York : Encounter Books, 2011.
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-896