THE ROVING EYE
The end of the end of history
By Pepe Escobar
How does it feel to be on your own, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone, crisscrossing the desert sands, howling to the winds that the end of the end of history is now?
Western ideological categories lie mummified in a tomb. There's no dichotomy, or "clash" of civilizations, between Western parliamentary democracy and Islam.
Slovenian Slavoj Zizek, the Elvis of philosophy, told al-Jazeera a few weeks ago that the real tragedy of Arab nations was the disappearance of a strong, secular left. No wonder; all United States-backed dictators in MENA (Middle East/Northern Africa) killed or exiled the best and the brightest among progressive intellectuals.
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MC04Ak02.htm
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Ein Vierteljahrhundert nach 9/11 ist die ganze Sache kein großes Ding mehr.
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