Philosophy

Jean Birnbaum: «Islamism progresses on the corpse of the left and progressivism».»

His mind races. If you ask Jean Birnbaum a question, expect him to reel off sentence after sentence, reference after reference. He takes you to corners of your mind you’ve never explored before. Here is an intelligent and honest man who has the audacity to look within our weaknesses for the sources from which to draw renewed strength. He reveals and analyzes these weaknesses in *The Religion of the Weak. What Jihadism Says About Us,« which he published following the success of his book *A Religious Silence: The Left Facing Jihadism*. Jean Birnbaum is a journalist at *Le Monde*, where he edits the literary section, »Le Monde des Livres.«.

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