Saturday, April 17, 2010

"Clash of emotions"


    Photo: close-up cover "clash of emotions" / DVADarum Here's how: What are the triggers and underlying causes for the conflicts that concern the human being? This book gives a different answer than the much-quoted book "Clash of Civilizations" by Samuel Huntington: For Dominique Moïsi renowned political scientists are less religious and cultural differences which divide the world - but feelings. In the "clash of emotions", he sketched a map of the conflicting feelings: While in countries like India and China encouraged a sense of hope millions of people, is the West in the sense of fear frozen - also against attacks and threats, the Arab-Islamic world, on themselves a sense of humiliation finds. These emotions are colliding with globalization in full force and influence world politics more than to believe some crafty statesmen.
In his book Moïsi describe those feelings and causes. At the end Moïsi projects two scenarios, including the struggle of emotions could lead in the near future and points to possible solutions.
That's it: The "clash of emotions" is understandable and clearly written, despite the difficult subject matter - and makes its name: When reading the book the reader generates both fear and hope. Dominique Moïsi presented his theses on the basis of current examples dar. Who wants to be understood as making the strange ways of thinking and feelings of millions of fanatical followers - and why we react helplessly in the West, fearful that, should Moïsis read book.
To resolve the differences, it needed versatility, confidence and optimism in all cultures, so Moïsi. That this happens one day, one can hope after reading this book worth reading but only ...
Infos zum Buch
German publishing house, 240 pages, 19.95 euros, ISBN: 3421043329
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