- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Profile Books (8 Mar 2012)
- ISBN-10: 1846681502
- ISBN-13: 978-1846681509
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"'With a suitably global sweep, [Kaufmann's] analysis takes in the history of US Christian movements, the radical disputes within Islam and the increasing ultra-orthodoxy spreading across Israel. He avoids falling into any nasty traps and this remains a provocative and well-informed addition to the debate.' - Robert Murphy, Metro 'Kaufmann is controversial, highly informative and thought provoking. A not-to-be-missed contribution to one of the most pressing and complex debates of modern time.' - Michal Boncza, Morning Star"
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Studying the (on average) higher fertility of religious populations from an evolutionary perspective for some years, I have been somewhat sceptical about applying such observations in the contemporary field of political analysis. But Eric Kaufmann did the job. Making clear his own, rather secular position, he is nevertheless avoiding biasses or polemics, but is informing the reader. He manages to do this by patiently combining available demographic data, historical descriptions and case studies on a wide range of populations as i.e. Haredim Jews in Israel, Mormons in the US, strong Calvinists in the Netherlands, Salafist movements in the Muslim world and many more. Although he is discussing projections and problems, Kaufmann doesn't fall into the trap of mindless alarmism, carefully weighing further options for secular und moderate religious movements, too. Although my interest started from the purely empirical and evolutionary side, I began to like the book for its political and philosophic clout in presenting tough questions and tentatively probing for new answers. For almost any reader, this will be a captivating and thought-provoking read and for scientists from different fields a chance to discuss, test and revise or expand sound observations and hypotheses.
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The title grabbed my attention.Religious belief has been declining in Britain and Europe for the last 200 years,and people assumed that a liberal, secular society would gradually spread to the rest of the world.
Eric Kaufmann argues from detailed case studies of fundamentalist religious believers, that they will come to dominate society by sheer force of numbers. Some groups like the Quiverfull sect in the USA have a deliberate policy of having as many children as possible.The prospect of peace in the Middle East will be harder to achieve in the face of growing numbers of hardline Jewish and Muslim people.
This is not an anti-religion book like those by Dawkins and Hitchens but it raises concerns about how we cope with increasing numbers of fundamentalist believers in western societies.Having more babies is not the answer! Western women only gained equal access to education and jobs in the twentieth century and we are not keen to give that up. Nor do we want to contribute to over-population and the environmental problems it can cause.
The author argues for a new emphasis on human happiness and secular moral values, but stresses that there are no easy ways to deal with the growth of fundamntalism.A fascinating read.
Eric Kaufmann argues from detailed case studies of fundamentalist religious believers, that they will come to dominate society by sheer force of numbers. Some groups like the Quiverfull sect in the USA have a deliberate policy of having as many children as possible.The prospect of peace in the Middle East will be harder to achieve in the face of growing numbers of hardline Jewish and Muslim people.
This is not an anti-religion book like those by Dawkins and Hitchens but it raises concerns about how we cope with increasing numbers of fundamentalist believers in western societies.Having more babies is not the answer! Western women only gained equal access to education and jobs in the twentieth century and we are not keen to give that up. Nor do we want to contribute to over-population and the environmental problems it can cause.
The author argues for a new emphasis on human happiness and secular moral values, but stresses that there are no easy ways to deal with the growth of fundamntalism.A fascinating read.
2 of 37 people found the following review helpful
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I have read many previous "academic" articles by Eric espousing the same ideas listed in this uninviting book. The truth is that rather than be bold and state his fear of Muslims taking over Europe, he coyly throws in few words about Mormons and Jews so that we get the message that he is an unbiased scholar.
Talking of biased research, I think most Middle Eastern and/or Politics departments at London University appear to have a pro-Israeli academic. This reminds me of Efraim Karsh in Kings College writing venemous anti-Islam articles and books. Take SOAS where some Jewish lecturers teaching Middle Eastern studies are unashamedly sympathetic to Israel. Is having Jewish and Pro-Israel "academics" implanted in UK universities a chance occurence? So much for ubiased academic research.
I must acknowledge that there is a minority alas of courageous Israeli scholars living inside Israel speaking/writing the truth. Please read Neve Gordon's excellent book: Israel's Occupation. It seems Israeli scholars living inside Israel are far more balanced than their Jewish brethern in the UK and the US intent on supporting Israel right or wrong.
Omar - Solo se vive una vez
Imagine there was no religion...
Talking of biased research, I think most Middle Eastern and/or Politics departments at London University appear to have a pro-Israeli academic. This reminds me of Efraim Karsh in Kings College writing venemous anti-Islam articles and books. Take SOAS where some Jewish lecturers teaching Middle Eastern studies are unashamedly sympathetic to Israel. Is having Jewish and Pro-Israel "academics" implanted in UK universities a chance occurence? So much for ubiased academic research.
I must acknowledge that there is a minority alas of courageous Israeli scholars living inside Israel speaking/writing the truth. Please read Neve Gordon's excellent book: Israel's Occupation. It seems Israeli scholars living inside Israel are far more balanced than their Jewish brethern in the UK and the US intent on supporting Israel right or wrong.
Omar - Solo se vive una vez
Imagine there was no religion...
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