The Myth of Modernity: Is There a Bigger Picture?
New Books in Critical Theory
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The Importance of Freedom in the Middle East
Iraq war sold politically as part of a war on terrorism, even though none of the 911 hijackers were Iraqi. Secularism uses category of religion to racialize its others and mark them as backwards, primitive, violent, and uncivilized. The modern construction of race is an example of how mythos, not logos, created and continues to shape modernity.
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