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Ian Buruma
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in The Hague, Netherlands
December 28, 1951
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MAGA���s Self-Destructive Culture War
Polls suggest that MAGA fanaticism might not be playing so well outside US President Donald Trump���s loyal base. But if the Democrats want to retake one or both chambers of Congress, they should concentrate on the economy and not answer Republican extremism with a culture war of their own.
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Year Zero: A History of 1945
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2013
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50 editions
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Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
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2006
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48 editions
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Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
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2026
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7 editions
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Inventing Japan: 1853-1964
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2003
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30 editions
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Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies
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2004
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37 editions
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A Tokyo Romance
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2018
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16 editions
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Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan
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1994
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40 editions
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Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah
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Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, Drifters and other Japanese Cultural Heroes
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1989
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The China Lover
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2008
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29 editions
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“Anti-Americanism may indeed have grown fiercer than it was during the cold war. It is a common phenomenon that when the angels fail to deliver, the demons become more fearsome.”
― A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq
― A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq
“Citizenship of a democratic state means living by the laws of the country. A liberal democracy cannot survive when part of the population believes that divine laws trump those made by man.”
― Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
― Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
“Islam may soon become the majority religion in countries whose churches have been turned more and more into tourist sites, apartment houses, theatres, and places of entertainment. The French scholar Olivier Roy is right: Islam is now a European religion.”
― Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
― Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
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| 21st Century Lite...: PEN /Literary Awards | 7 | 126 | Jun 15, 2015 05:01AM | |
| The Book Club: 2015 Book Prizes | 23 | 98 | Oct 08, 2015 04:15PM | |
| Around the World ...: Discussion for Their Promised Land | 3 | 25 | Apr 17, 2016 06:24AM |
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