- Christopher Caldwell
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Christopher Caldwell (born 1962) is an American journalist and senior editor at The Weekly Standard, as well as a regular contributor to the Financial Times and Slate. His writing also frequently appears in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, where he is a contributing editor to the paper's magazine, and The Washington Post. He was also a regular contributor to The Atlantic Monthly and The New York Press and the assistant managing editor of The American Spectator.
Caldwell was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and is a graduate of Harvard College, where he studied English literature. His wife Zelda is the daughter of the late journalist Robert Novak.[1] He has five children.
He is receiving increasing attention for his contributions to public debate of the issues of the day. David Brooks, reviewing the best journalism of 2008, includes Caldwell for his articles questioning the morality of capitalism.[2]
Although Caldwell's 2009 book Reflections on the Revolution In Europe has been accused of stoking Islamophobia, or what The Guardian refers to as a "culture of fear",[3][4][5] he insists that he is "instinctively pro-immigration" and conscious of the media tendency to "sensationalise stories against Muslims".[6] The Economist newspaper reviewed it: "this is an important book as well as a provocative one: the best statement to date of the pessimist’s position on Islamic immigration in Europe."[7] The Marxist historian Perry Anderson concurrred, calling it 'the most striking single book to have appeared, in any language, on immigration in Western Europe'.[8]
Books
- Left Hooks, Right Crosses: A Decade of Political Writing (Nation books), edited by Christopher Hitchens and Christopher Caldwell. Perseus. 2002. ISBN 9781560254096
- Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West. London, Allen Lane. 2009. ISBN 9780713999365
- Une révolution sous nos yeux, comment l'Islam va transformer la France et l'Europe, préface de Michèle Tribalat, éditions du Toucan, octobre 2011. ISBN 9782810004447
References
- ^ "Robert Novak Dies at 78". All 4 Free Here. 2009-08-19. http://all4freehere.com/2009/08/robert-novak-dies-at-78/. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- ^ "David Brooks: The best journalism of 2008". New York Times. 2009-01-02. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/opinion/02iht-edbrooks.1.19053198.html. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- ^ Goodhart, David (2009-01-17). "Do we need more people in Europe?". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/17/christopher-caldwell-immigration-islam. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ "Europe is changing to accommodate Islam, says US author". NRC Handelsblad. 2009-09-08. http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2353318.ece/Europe_is_changing_to_accommodate_Islam,_says_US_author. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ Mishra, Pankaj (2009-08-15). "A culture of fear". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/15/eurabia-islamophobia-europe-colonised-muslims. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ "An Interview with Christopher Caldwell". Pickled politics. 2009-06-03. http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/4706. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- ^ A treacherous path? The Economist 27 August 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2010
- ^ Perry Anderson, 'Portents of Eurabia', The National, August 2009
External links
http://www.editionsdutoucan.fr/livre.php?id_livre=159
- Financial Times bio
- Voices on Antisemitism Interview with Christopher Caldwell from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- The Financial Times Author archive.
- Europe Needs To Get Real
- Evelyn Waugh, Reconsidered
- Islamic Europe?
- Why The GOP Is Doomed
- All Bulked Up
- Who Bought Bush's Stock?
- Interview with Caldwell on C-SPAN about his book "Reflections on the Revolution in Europe"
Categories:- 1962 births
- American political writers
- Harvard University alumni
- Living people
- People from Lynn, Massachusetts
- The American Spectator people
- The Weekly Standard people
- Conservatism in the United States
- American journalist, 1960s birth stubs
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