LEADER 06470oam 22006734a 450 001 9910813031603321 005 20240410045054.0 010 $a0-8147-6282-4 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814762820 035 $a(CKB)3710000000357680 035 $a(EBL)2120043 035 $a(OCoLC)916950180 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001457206 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12550702 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001457206 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11436996 035 $a(PQKB)10919565 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2120043 035 $a(DE-B1597)547785 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814762820 035 $a(OCoLC)795756237 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse86951 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000357680 100 $a20151118d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChristopher Hitchens and His Critics$eTerror, Iraq, and the Left 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-1687-3 311 0 $a0-8147-1686-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tChristopher Hitchens and His Critics --$tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPart I. Hitchens on Terror --$t1. American Society Can Outlast or Absorb Practically Anything --$t2. The Pursuit of Happiness Is at an End --$t3. Against Rationalization --$t4. Of Sin, the Left, and Islamic Fascism --$t5. Ha Ha Ha to the Pacifists --$t6. Stranger in a Strange Land --$t7. Saving Islam from bin Laden --$t8. It?s a Good Time for War --$t9. Inside the Islamic Mafia --$t10. Al Qaeda?s Latest Target --$t11. To Die in Madrid --$t12. Murder by Any Other Name --$t13. Bush?s Secularist Triumph --$t14. Jihad in the Netherlands --$t15. We Cannot Surrender --$t16. Yes, London Can Take It --$t17. Why Ask Why? --$tPart II. Hitchens on Iraq --$t18. Appointment in Samarra? --$t19. Taking Sides --$t20. So Long, Fellow Travelers --$t21. I Wanted It to Rain on Their Parade --$t22. Weapons and Terror --$t23. Restating the Case for War --$t24. The Literal Left --$t25. Guerrillas in the Mist --$t26. Fallujah --$t27. Vietnam? --$t28. Second Thinking --$t29. Abu Ghraib Isn?t Guernica --$t30. History and Mystery --$t31. Unmitigated Galloway --$t32. Losing the Iraq War --$t33. A War to Be Proud Of --$t34. Anti-War, My Foot --$tPart III. Hitchens on the Left --$t35. An Interview with Christopher Hitchens, Part I --$t36. Don?t. Be. Silly. An Open Letter to Martin Amis --$t37. Europe?s Status Quo Left --$t38. Left-Leaving, Left-Leaning --$t39. Polymath with a Cause --$t40. Susan Sontag: An Obituary --$t41. An Interview with Christopher Hitchens, Part II --$tPart IV. Critical Responses and Exchanges --$t42. Letter to the Nation, October 1, 2001 --$tHitchens Responds --$t43. Letter to the Nation, January 10, 2002 --$tHitchens Responds --$t44. Christopher Hitchens: The Dishonorable Policeman of the Left --$t45. Letter to the Nation, January 6, 2003 --$tHitchens Responds --$t46. Hitchens as Model Apostate --$tHitchens Responds --$t47. Obituary for a Former Contrarian --$t48. Farewell Hitch --$t49. The Passion of Christopher Hitchens --$t50. Christopher Hitchens: Flickering Firebrand --$t51. Christopher Hitchens?s Last Battle --$t52. The Genocidal Imagination of Christopher Hitchens --$tAfterword --$tAbout the Contributors --$tIndex 330 $aChristopher Hitchens?political journalist, cultural critic, public intellectual and self-described contrarian?is one of the most controversial and prolific writers of his generation. His most recent book, God Is Not Great, was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2007 for months. Like his hero, George Orwell, Hitchens is a tireless opponent of all forms of cruelty, ideological dogma, religious superstition and intellectual obfuscation. Once a socialist, he now refers to himself as an unaffiliated radical. As a thinker, Hitchens is perhaps best viewed as post-ideological, in that his intellectual sources and solidarities are strikingly various (he is an admirer of both Leon Trotsky and Kingsley Amis) and cannot be located easily at any one point on the ideological spectrum. Since leaving Britain for the United States in 1981, Hitchens's thinking has moved in what some see as contradictory directions, but he remains an unapologetic and passionate defender of the Enlightenment values of secularism, democracy, free expression, and scientific inquiry. The global turmoil of the recent past has provoked intense dispute and division among intellectuals, academics, and other commentators. Hitchens's writing during this time, particularly after 9/11, is an essential reference point for understanding the genesis and meaning of that turmoil?and the challenges that accompany it. This volume brings together Hitchens's most incisive reflections on the war on terror, the war in Iraq, and the state of the contemporary Left. It also includes a selection of critical commentaries on his work from his former leftist comrades, a set of exchanges between Hitchens and various left-leaning interlocutors (such as Studs Terkel, Norman Finkelstein, and Michael Kazin), and an introductory essay by the editors on the nature and significance of Hitchens's contribution to the world of ideas and public debate. In response, Hitchens provides an original afterword, written for this collection. Whatever readers might think about Hitchens, he remains an intellectual force to be reckoned with. 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