Eric Margolis, a large American reporter, has been covers the conflicts of the Near and the Middle East for many years. During his visit to Paris last February, the team of The life of ideas received it to discuss his latest book, American Raj. The opportunity to return to the imperial policy led by George W. Bush, and to question the rupture introduced by the election of Barack Obama.
Éric Margolis, war reporter and editorialist, written regularly for the New York TimesL’International Herald TribuneTHE Los Angeles Timesetc. A great connoisseur of the Near and the Middle East, he published in 2001 a work entitled War at the top of the world. The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet (Routledge). From that time he criticized George W. Bush’s foreign policy and warned of his imperial temptation. In his latest book, American Raj. Domination or Domination Liberation ? Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World (Key Porter Books, 2008), he offers a historical and political analysis of relations between the United States and what he calls “ The Muslim world », In particular in light of a parallel with the mode of domination put in place by the British Empire at XIXe century.
The editorial committee of The life of ideas Invited him to discuss his book, in the presence of historian Pauline Peretz (University of Nantes) and historians David Todd (University of Cambridge) and Pierre Singaravoulou (University Paris 1).
– Video summary:
- THE Raj American
- The role of the media
- The United States and the export of democracy
- From the British Empire to the American Empire ?
- The United States, Israel and the Middle East