{"product_id":"what-is-possible-now-33-political-situations-hardback-9781509557639","title":"What is Possible Now; 33 Political Situations (Hardback) 9781509557639","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat is Possible Now\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e33 Political Situations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNavid Kermani (Author), Tony Crawford (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509557639, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.1 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Among the most thoughtful intellectual voices in German today.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Navid Kermani shows us what it means to be a critical intellectual today.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most interesting voice Germany has.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDie Welt\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"When reading Navid Kermani’s essays, Kent’s line from King Lear comes to mind: “I'll teach you differences.” Navid Kermani is a master of differences and an enemy of rash judgments. His analyses of current political and cultural crises are eye-opening and often disturbing in the best sense of the word.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolf Lepenies, Rector Emeritus, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"From a considered examination of the proposition that it was the Afghans who brought down the Berlin Wall to a scintillating essay on gender in language, What is Possible Now is a dazzling, provocative and thoroughly engaging survey of our times that is nothing less than essential reading for anyone who wants to understand where we are now and what is still possible.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Burnside, University of St Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNavid Kermani is one of the outstanding public intellectuals of his generation. Not one for drawing hard and fast conclusions, his style of thought is probing, observant, often straying from well-trodden paths and always peering beyond the present moment to trace connections and grasp the bigger picture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWell known for his prize-winning novels and major works of non-fiction, Kermani has also gained widespread acclaim as a journalist, displaying a rare political sensitivity which manages to illuminate what politicians fail to see and to seek out solutions where all appears hopeless. This volume brings together his brilliantly perceptive writing from the last thirty years, on topics ranging from terror in the Middle East to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a record of Kermani’s uniquely compassionate curiosity, this absorbing book is a welcome antidote to the confusion and despair that stalks global politics today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.   Islam versus Islam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Judgement against the Egyptian Quran Scholar Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.   The Thousand Voices of Silence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Situation of Artists and Intellectuals in Iran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.   Sympathy for the Satan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After the Attacks of 11 September\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.   The Soft Words of Violence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After the Beginning of the War in Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.   What Alternative?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Before the War in Iraq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.   Right Again, Sadly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Attack on the Synagogue in Istanbul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.   Strategy of Escalation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On the Hostages in Beslan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.   Good Thing You’re Educating Me…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Confusion in the Integration Debate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.   Desperation and Enthusiasm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After the French Referendum on the European Constitution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.  Hate Pictures and Hysteria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Dispute over the Muhammad Cartoons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.  Relying Only on Strength Makes Israel Weaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On the War in Lebanon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.  We are Murat Kurnaz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Before Foreign Minister Steinmeier’s Testimony to the Bundestag Investigative Committee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.  The Message of Cologne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Discussion on Building a Grand Mosque\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.  Death on Wednesday?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Trial of Ayatollah Boroujerdi in Tehran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15.  Rejection of Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Swiss Referendum on the Prohibition of Minarets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.  State Without a People\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Recent Mass Protests in Iran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17.  Allianz Lecture on Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18.  Triumph of Vulgar Rationalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Outcry over Martin Mosebach and the Ban on Circumcision\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19.  Too Late for Good Conscience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Civil War in Syria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20.  Farewell to the Middle East\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The ‘Islamic State’s’ March on Baghdad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21.  Stop the ‘Islamic State’!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Threat of Genocide against Christians, Yazidis and other Ethnic Groups in Iraq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22.  The European Ideal is Sinking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Mediterranean Sea as a Mass Grave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 23.  At Our Children’s Cost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Europe after Brexit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 24.  What We Can Do in This Situation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After the Attacks in Ansbach, Würzburg and Munich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 25.  The Weight of Two Sacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Search of the Last Blind Spots of Progress in China\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 26.  The Laughter of Nasrin Sotoudeh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Iran on International Human Rights Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 27.  For Three Dollars a Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After the West’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 28.  No Programme but Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Chancellorship of Angela Merkel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 29.  Afghanistan? 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