The time: 2000 to 2005, the years of neoconservatism, terrorism,
the twenty-four-hour news cycle, the ascension of Bush, Blair, and
Berlusconi, and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. In this
series of provocative, passionate, and witty essays, Umberto Eco
examines a wide range of phenomena, from Harry Potter, the Tower of
Babel, talk shows, and the Enlightenment to "The Da Vinci Code/"
What led us, he asks, into this age of hot wars and media populism,
and how was it sold to us as progress?
In "Turning Back the Clock, " the bestselling author and
respected scholar turns his famous intellect toward events both
local and global to look at where our troubled world is headed.
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