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Author Berman, Paul, 1949-

Title The flight of the intellectuals / Paul Berman.

Imprint Brooklyn, N.Y. : Melville House, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.697 B456f 2010    ---  Available
Description 299 p. ; 20 cm.
Note Includes index.
Summary Berman conducts a searing examination into the intellectual atmosphere of the moment and shows how some of the West's best thinkers and journalists have fumbled badly in their effort to grapple with Islamic ideas and violence.
Contents The philosopher and the press -- Memories of Fascism -- The Cairo Embassy files -- Crime and evasion -- Universal values -- The people on the Left -- The realm celestial -- A rebel soul -- The flight of the intellectuals.
Subject Islam -- United States -- Public opinion.
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
Public opinion -- United States.
United States -- Intellectual life.
ISBN 9781933633510 : $26.00
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