The Force of ReasonOriana 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. |
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... freedom is a freedom which prevents us from thinking , from speaking , from going against the wind , from rebelling , from opposing those who invade us and muzzle us ? What kind of freedom is a freedom that makes ci- tizens live in the ...
... freedom is a freedom which prevents us from thinking , from speaking , from going against the wind , from rebelling , from opposing those who invade us and muzzle us ? What kind of freedom is a freedom that makes ci- tizens live in the ...
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... freedom to Europe and to Japan . And in my essay I objected : you're wrong . Freedom and democracy are not two pieces of chocolate to give as a gift to those who don't know them and don't want to know them . In Europe the operation ...
... freedom to Europe and to Japan . And in my essay I objected : you're wrong . Freedom and democracy are not two pieces of chocolate to give as a gift to those who don't know them and don't want to know them . In Europe the operation ...
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... freedom , and the secret of freedom is courage >> said Pericles who knew what he was talking about . But today happiness is pursued through less noble means , and courage is a luxury . An extravagance which is derided or considered ...
... freedom , and the secret of freedom is courage >> said Pericles who knew what he was talking about . But today happiness is pursued through less noble means , and courage is a luxury . An extravagance which is derided or considered ...
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