TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scruton,Roger
TI  - The West and the rest: globalization and the terrorist threat 
SN  - 193223621X (pbk)
AV  - JZ 1318 S435w 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Wilmington, Del.
PB  - Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI Books)
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Religion and international affairs
KW  - International relations
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Globalización
KW  - Aspectos religiosos
KW  - Religión y relaciones internacionales
KW  - Religión y política
KW  - Relaciones internacionales
KW  - Terrorismo
N1  - Includes index.
 	; Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index; Social contract -- Enlightenment, citizenship, and loyalty -- Holy law -- Globalization -- Conclusion
N2  - "In The West and the Rest, Scruton argues that to comprehend Islamist terrorism, one must understand what is unique - and what is potentially dangerous - about Western institutions, ideas, and technology." "Scruton shows how the different religious and philosophical roots of Western and Islamic societies have resulted in those societies' profoundly divergent beliefs about the nature of political order. For one thing, the idea of the social contract, crucial to the self-conception of Western nations, is entirely absent in Islamic societies. Similarly, Scruton explains why the notions of territorial jurisdiction, citizenship, and the independent legitimacy of secular authority and law are both specifically Western and fundamentally antipathetic to Islamic thought."--Jacket
ER  -