The fear of barbarians: beyond the clash of civilizations

Abstract

* Introduction: Between fear and resentment * Notes to introduction * 1. Barbarism and civilisation * Being a barbarian * Being civilised * From civilisation to cultures * An Enlightenment heritage * Judging cultures * Technology and works of art * A dream of Enlightenment * Civilisation and colonisation * Some misunderstandings * Notes to chapter 1 * 2. Collective identities * The plurality of cultures * Culture as construction * The functions of culture * States and nations * The fragile State * A State without culture? * Moral and political values * A ministry of identity * Culture and values * Notes to chapter 2 * 3. The War of the Worlds * Make love or war? * Religious wars and political conflicts * Men like us? * The Manichean vision * Islamism and totalitarianism * The war on terrorism * The end and the means * Torture: the facts * Torture: the debate * Notes to chapter 3 * 4. Steering between the reefs * Murder in Amsterdam * The anti-Islamic combat * The Danish caricatures * The reactions * A few reflections * The Pope s speech * By way of Islam * Notes to chapter 4 * 5. European identity * In search of an identity * Plurality as the basis of unity * Forms of coexistence * The cosmopolitan model * Europe in the West * The frontiers of Europe * Notes to chapter 5 * Beyond Manicheism * Acknowledgments