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The Force of Reason :: 0847827534
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| Oriana Fallaci is back with her much-anticipated follow up to The Rage and the Pride, her powerful post-September 11 manifesto. The genesis for The Force of Reason was a postscript entitled Due Anni Dopo (Two Years Later), which was intended as a brief appendix to the thirtieth edition of The Rage and the Pride (2002). Once Ms. Fallaci completed the postscript, she chose to expand it into a book, a continuation of her ideas set in motion in The Rage and the Pride.In The Force of Reason Fallaci takes aim at the many attacks and death threats she received after the publication of The Rage and the Pride. Ms. Fallaci begins by identifying herself with one Master Cecco, the author of a heretical book who was burnt at the stake during the Inquisition seven centuries ago on account of his beliefs, and proceeds with a rigorous analysis of the burning of Troy and the creation of a Europe that, to her judgment, is no longer her familiar homeland but rather a place best called Eurabia, a soon-to-be colony of Islam (with Italy as its stronghold). Ms. Fallaci explores her ideas in historical, philosophical, moral, and political terms, courageously addressing taboo topics with sharp logic. Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
She rages at islam. Not a balanced work but probably much of what she says is true
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Author: Guest
Very well writen by a true reporter. A Great Lady. Should be manditory reading for all Americans and the Western World.
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Author: Guest
Much of the factual material in Ms. Fallaci's book is stuff that we should have learned in history - but didn't.
Much of the threat to Western Values which she laments is valid. Unfortunately the book is marred by really terrible English and words that she has obviously made up.
It should get wider distribution and more readers, but the language really needs to be cleaned up so that it is intelligible at first glance.
Ms. Fallaci does, however, point out one serious problem with us liberals. We like to think that everyone wants to live in a world of live and let live social norms. That is not true and one only needs to look at the history of Islam in every country where it is the dominant religion. Live and let live along with pluralistic democracy are utterly alien to the Islamic mindset and value system.
I'm afraid that liberals are still willing to give the rope to their enemies with witch their enemies will be more than happy to hang them. Think the 1930s and think Neville Chamberlaine as the shining example of liberal stupidity and gullibility in the 20th Century.
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Author: Guest
Oriana Fallaci was a heroic figure of this era----her concern for America and the world was that we were likely to
misunderstand the gravity of the terrorist threat and could endure large scale misery before awakening---she has been right so far----
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Author: Guest
Informative and inflaming book, but I see no "reason" here. Maybe because of the bad rap her previous angry book received, she chose a more calm title, but the content is anything but.
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