In light of cultural crises such as the Danish cartoon controversy and
the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris,
Christopher Caldwell's incisive perspective has never been more timely
or indispensible. Reflections on the Revolution in Europe is destined
to become the classic work on how Muslim immigration permanently
reshaped the West.
This provocative and unflinching analysis of Europe's unexpected influx
of immigrants investigates the increasingly prominent Muslim populations
actively shaping the future of the continent. Muslims dominate or nearly
dominate many important European cities, including Amsterdam and
Rotterdam, Strasbourg and Marseille, the Paris suburbs and East London,
and in those cities Islam has challenged the European way of life at
every turn, becoming, in effect, an "adversary culture." In Reflections
on the Revolution in Europe, Caldwell examines the anger of natives and
newcomers alike. He exposes the strange ways in which welfare states
interact with Third World customs, the anti-Americanism that brings
European natives and Muslim newcomers together, and the arguments over
women and sex that drive them apart. He considers the appeal of sharia,
"resistance," and jihad to a second generation that is more alienated
from Europe than the first, and addresses a crisis of faith among native
Europeans that leaves them with a weak hand as they confront the claims
of newcomers.
