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In 'The West: The History of an Idea,' Georgios Varouxakis outlines how the far-right, anti-Islam invocations of 'defending Western civilization' in today's political discourse have strayed from the concept birthed by French philosopher Auguste Comte
NEW YORK – Between jokes about the social media conspiracy theory that claims he was killed by an Iranian missile and a list of reasons as to why U.S. President Donald Trump "didn't need any convincing" to strike Tehran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks to international media on Thursday included a familiar refrain: The West is under threat.
