A Clash of Values: The Struggle For Universal Freedom

About this book

What is the conflict between Islamic fundamentalism and the free world really about? Can terrorism be defeated? How is Israels war in the Middle East related to the global war against the terrorists? In A Clash of Values, Tal Ben-Shahar confronts some of the most difficult and critical questions we must face in a post-September 11th world. Drawing on historical facts and essential philosophical truthsfrom the cause of the refugee problem to the nature of rationalityBen-Shahars principled and pragmatic approach makes sense of a situation that often seems senseless.