Intellectual Self-Destruction
How the West Gambles Away Its Future
Published on 14. November 2025
314 pages
978-3-8382-8028-8 (ISBN)
Description
Dive into the unsettling rise of a radical anti-Western coalition within the sanctuaries of scholarship, where Islamist and far-left ideologies converge. What began as a fringe student movement has now permeated elite academic institutions, subtly dictating the narratives in politics and media.
Through meticulous case studies from the US and Germany, this research uncovers the dark underbelly of ideological extremism, institutional betrayal, and the surge in antisemitic violence. It draws chilling parallels to historical academic dalliances with totalitarianism, revealing how today's universities are legitimizing Islamism and radical leftist thought.
This study is a clarion call, exposing how Western academia is at a tipping point, with Europe on the brink of following America's path of radicalization. It's an urgent plea to safeguard our cultural and intellectual heritage from the encroaching shadows of ideological subversion.
Reviews / Votes
By analyzing current student protests and the political undercurrents that shape it, Sittig and Petri tackle one of the thorniest issues in current affairs. They do so with a remarkable combination of clarity, moral courage, and academic rigor. In particular, their work sheds light on the ideological and operational interactions between Islamist and hyper-progressive politics, a phenomenon that goes well beyond college campuses and that has been the subject of ample debates in intellectual, political and security circles at the highest levels throughout Europe. The result is a groundbreaking piece of academic work that deserves broad attention. -Lorenzo Vidino, Program Director of Extremism, George Washington University, Expert on Islamism in Europe and North AmericaMore details
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Hannover
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
File size
9,68 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-8382-8028-8 (9783838280288)
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