From the award-winning author and thinker, a substantive retrospective on the war in Gaza, its historical conditions, and its ethical and geopolitical consequences. Studies and analyses that approach the memory of the Holocaust, the absolute evil of the civil wars in Europe, and the exemplary genocide have shaped the political and ethical imagination of the West in the post-war era. "The After Gaza State" tackles the war in the Middle East and the bitter polarized reaction to it both within and outside the West, as a starting point for a wide reassessment of two competing narratives of the last century: the triumphant narrative of the West regarding the victory over Nazism and communism and the spread of liberal capitalism, as well as the often failed visionary hope of the global majority for racial equality.

As old theories and milestones collapse, only a new history with intensely different emphasis can reposition us in a world and worldviews that are now emerging into the light. In this brief, powerful, and sharp treatise, Mistral reflects on the fundamental questions raised by the current crisis – regarding whether some lives are valued more than others, why identity politics based on memories of pain enjoys widespread acceptance, and why racial tensions intensify amid the rise of the far right in the West, threatening a global culture war. "The After Gaza State" is a necessary moral guide for our past, present, and future.

Pages: 304, Dimensions: 15x15cm