Terrorism and Other Themes: Politics, Principles and Practice

Contents: Preface. I. General issues: 1. Terrorism: past, present and future. 2. Human rights and the American right. 3. Marx the journalist. 4. The globalization of Max Weber. 5. The new world order and neo-Darwinism. 6. From Bastille to Tiananmen square. II. American issues: 1. Infrastructure of democracy: the US example. 2. In praise of American empire. 3. Free press and Realpolitik. 4. The new policy of containment. 5. Labouring class stratification: US style. 6. US and West Asia: silencing dissent. 7. Black politics in the US: shifts in political mood. 8. The US election: rhetoric and reality. III. Special pieces: 1. Asia\'s women leaders and dynastic charisma. 2. Bangladesh: The Unfinished Revolution: a review. 3. Cheddi Jagan: an active fatalist.

"This book consists of articles and essays that are described by the author as an attempt at \'academic journalism\'--a term used to suggest the writing of articles of cogent theoretical value for non-academic journals. The collected articles in this book analyse and illustrate the complexity of politics and its dynamics, in a global setting, involving various countries, themes and historical contexts often reflecting the dichotomy between various meanings of political ideologies and their practise. From Dr. Chakravorti\'s perspective it can be argued that \'a political problem is not solved, it may only be settled\'. The issues discussed in Terrorism and Other Themes: Politics, Principles and Practice, can be seen as case studies that illustrate this viewpoint."