One of our most important conservative intellectuals offers a vision for democratizing the Islamic third world-one based not on a "clash of civilizations," but on a profound understanding of our common cause. Starting with 9/11 and continuing with the quagmire in Iraq, the West was 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 very challenge-and for healing a still violently fractured ...
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One of our most important conservative intellectuals offers a vision for democratizing the Islamic third world-one based not on a "clash of civilizations," but on a profound understanding of our common cause. Starting with 9/11 and continuing with the quagmire in Iraq, the West was 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 very challenge-and for healing a still violently fractured world. We will only succeed in building a more harmonious world order, Novak argues, if we embrace the fundamental role of human liberty-as conceived by our Judeo-Christian founding fathers-in bringing about historical change. Can we also find Islamic grounds for political, economic, and religious liberty -and thereby, ensure a safe future for people in all corners of the globe? For Novak, the answer is a decided yes, and this book is a bold step forward in our thinking about the role we-collectively as the United States, and individually as believers in the gospel of freedom and human rights-should play in bringing that vision to fruition. Not since his pivotal The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism has Novak made such an urgent and needed call for the importance of democracy, capitalism, and religious freedom.
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Like New. INSCRIBED! NY: Basic Books, 2004. 1st edition. Sm 4to Hardcover. 281pp. Inscribed by author: 'For Jim Woolsey // and the work of the Committee on PD // Michael Novak // 17 Sept. 04' on title page. Fine book and Near Fine dust jacket. From the library of political advisor and former Director of the CIA Robert James Woolsey Jr. (christianity, islam, politics) Inquire if you need further information.
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