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Crossing Cultures

Monthly Commentaries by Ian Buruma

Ian Buruma is the author of Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance. He is a professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at Bard College. His latest book is the novel The China Lover.

Is multiculturalism a blessing or a curse? Must democracy be secular or can religion play a role? Does the “West” still exist and, if so, what does it stand for? Has China successfully fused capitalism with authoritarianism? Will Islam change the West or will the West change Islam?

Ian Buruma, a Dutchman who writes in English and speaks fluent Japanese and German, is a classic public intellectual of the kind that now seems to have vanished from our world. His books cover topics ranging from war guilt (The Wages of Guilt) to the impact of Western ideas on Asia (Occidentalism) to the breakdown of multiculturalism (Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance).

Combining the historian’s breadth and insight with the journalist’s clarity and accessibility, Ian Buruma has reported on the defining issues of our time for three decades. His sober, compelling analyses – delivered in vivid and often stirring prose – unfailingly spark debate. Now, Project Syndicate’s monthly series Crossing Cultures brings the writing of one of the world’s most important and engaging intellectuals to newspaper readers everywhere.

Date Title / Authors Available Languages
June 2009 Lessons from Tiananmen
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
May 2009 We Don’t Torture
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
April 2009 China’s Burden
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
March 2009 How Free is Speech?
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
February 2009 The Jewish Conspiracy in Asia
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
January 2009 China’s Best Hope
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish
French German Czech Chinese Arabic
December 2008 The Last of the Neo-Cons
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
November 2008 Obamamania
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
October 2008 Fear and Loathing in Europe
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
September 2008 The Wrong Lesson of Munich
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
August 2008 The Death of a Nation
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French
Czech Chinese Arabic
June 2008 Football Nationalism
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
June 2008 The Empire of Human Rights
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
May 2008 Send in the Clowns
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
April 2008 The Last of the Tibetans
by Ian Buruma
English Spanish Russian French German Czech Chinese Arabic
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