Events at the Shop
Alastair Crooke - Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Admitting the impossibility of condensing a complex argument into a short evening’s talk, Alastair Crooke set out to give his audience at the London Review Bookshop “a few ideas” on the history of the Islamist revolution.
Reacting to the Two Pillars of Western Modernity
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Political Transformation Through Myth and Narrative
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Audience Questions: Historical Parallels and the Case for Liberalism
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Audience Questions: God and Dictatorships
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Recorded and edited by Adrian Leibowitz and Brett Wilson
Common Custom:documentary & archive
Alastair Crooke was advisor to EU High Representative, Javier Solana, in the Middle East, 1997–2003. He was involved in facilitating a series of de-escalations of violence and military withdrawals in Palestine with Islamist movements from 2000–2003 and the end to the Bethlehem Church of the Nativity siege. He was a staff member of the Mitchell Committee into the causes of the Intifada in 2000. He is Director and founder of Conflicts Forum.
Further Reading
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- book titles and links here
- Alastair Crooke in the LRB
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