The Universal Hunger for Liberty: Why the Clash of Civilizations Is Not Inevitable

Type

Book

Authors

Michael Novak

ISBN 10

0465051324

ISBN 13

9780465051328

Tags

Economics, Religion, Politics & State, Non-US Legal Systems, Islam, Church & State, Conservatism & Liberalism, History & Theory, Comparative Politics

Description

Starting with 9/11 and continuing with the struggle for peace in Iraq, the West has been forced to interact more fully with the civilization of Islam. In The Universal Hunger for Liberty, statesman and award-winning author Michael Novak sets forth a new model for facing this challenge-and for healing a still violently fractured world. In place of ongoing conflict, he offers a surprisingly optimistic vision of how the concept of fundamental human liberty-shared by the Islamic and Judeo-Christian traditions-can heal our cultural, economic, and political differences. - from Amzon

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