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001 2011025537
003 DLC
005 20110630171250.0
008 110622s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011025537
020 $a9781594035760 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1594035768 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aCB251$b.I18 2011
082 00 $a909/.09821$223
100 0 $aIbn Warraq.
245 10 $aWhy the West is best :$ba Muslim apostate defends liberal democracy /$cby Ibn Warraq.
260 $aNew York :$bEncounter Books,$c2011.
263 $a1112
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- Prologue: the superiority of western values in eight minutes -- New York, New York, or life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -- What is the West? Greece, Rome and Jerusalem. why the west? the reasons for its success -- Drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll, or the myth of eastern spirituality and western materialism -- Slavery, racism, imperialism, and abolition -- Self-criticism, irony, objective knowledge and science -- Two freedoms -- Conclusion: how to defend western civilization.
650 0 $aEast and West.
650 0 $aValues$zWestern countries.
651 0 $aCivilization, Western$xPhilosophy.