What is Possible Now

Navid Kermani , Tony Crawford 지음

Polity 2023년 11월 23일 출간

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Navid Kermani is one of the outstanding public intellectuals of his generation. Not one for drawing hard and fast conclusions, his style of thought is probing, observant, often straying from well-trodden paths and always peering beyond the present moment to trace connections and grasp the bigger picture. Well known for his prize-winning novels and major works of non-fiction, Kermani has also gained widespread acclaim as a journalist, displaying a rare political sensitivity which manages to illuminate what politicians fail to see and to seek out solutions where all appears hopeless. This volume brings together his brilliantly perceptive writing from the last thirty years, on topics ranging from terror in the Middle East to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a record of Kermani’s uniquely compassionate curiosity, this absorbing book is a welcome antidote to the confusion and despair that stalks global politics today.

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Preface1. Islam versus IslamThe Judgement against the Egyptian Quran Scholar Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd2. The Thousand Voices of SilenceThe Situation of Artists and Intellectuals in Iran3. Sympathy for the SatanAfter the Attacks of 11 September4. The Soft Words of ViolenceAfter the Beginning of the War in Afghanistan5. What Alternative?Before the War in Iraq6. Right Again, SadlyThe Attack on the Synagogue in Istanbul7. Strategy of EscalationOn the Hostages in Beslan8. Good Thing You’re Educating Me…Confusion in the Integration Debate9. Desperation and EnthusiasmAfter the French Referendum on the European Constitution10. Hate Pictures and HysteriaThe Dispute over the Muhammad Cartoons11. Relying Only on Strength Makes Israel WeakerOn the War in Lebanon12. We are Murat KurnazBefore Foreign Minister Steinmeier’s Testimony to the Bundestag Investigative Committee13. The Message of CologneThe Discussion on Building a Grand Mosque14. Death on Wednesday?The Trial of Ayatollah Boroujerdi in Tehran15. Rejection of EuropeThe Swiss Referendum on the Prohibition of Minarets16. State Without a PeopleThe Recent Mass Protests in Iran17. Allianz Lecture on Europe18. Triumph of Vulgar RationalismThe Outcry over Martin Mosebach and the Ban on Circumcision19. Too Late for Good ConscienceThe Civil War in S

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"Among the most thoughtful intellectual voices in German today."New York Review of Books"Navid Kermani shows us what it means to be a critical intellectual today."Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"The most interesting voice Germany has."Die Welt "When reading Navid Kermani’s essays, Kent’s line from King Lear comes to mind: “I'll teach you differences.” Navid Kermani is a master of differences and an enemy of rash judgments. His analyses of current political and cultural crises are eye-opening and often disturbing in the best sense of the word."Wolf Lepenies, Rector Emeritus, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin"From a considered examination of the proposition that it was the Afghans who brought down the Berlin Wall to a scintillating essay on gender in language, What is Possible Now is a dazzling, provocative and thoroughly engaging survey of our times that is nothing less than essential reading for anyone who wants to understand where we are now and what is still possible."John Burnside, University of St Andrews

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저자(글) Navid Kermani

저자(글) Tony Crawford