Turning Back the Clock - Hot Wars and Media Populism

Informationen zum Autor Umberto Eco (1932–2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose , was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum , The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino , The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays. Klappentext After the Cold War the 'Hot War' has made its comeback in Afghanistan and Iraq. Exhuming Kipling's 'Great Game' we have gone back to the clash between Islam and Christianity. The ghost of the Yellow Peril has been resurrected the nineteenth-century anti-Darwin debate has been reopened right-wing governments predominate. It almost seems like history tired of the big steps forward it has taken in the past two millennia has gone into reverse. With his customary sharpness and wit Eco proposes not so much that we resume a forward march but at the very least that we cease marching backwards. Zusammenfassung After the Cold War, the 'Hot War' has made its comeback in Afghanistan and Iraq. With his customary sharpness and wit, Eco proposes, not so much that we resume a forward march, but at the very least that we cease marching backwards.

Product details

• Authors: Umberto Eco, Eco Umberto
• Assisted by: Alastair Mcewen (Translation), McEwen Alastair (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.09.2008
• EAN: 9780099503682
• ISBN: 978-0-09-950368-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Literary essays