"Politics, Illusions and Fallacies" is an insightful vision of the dilemmas facing the Western modern state and democratic politics: universalism, globalization and the non-Western way of thinking and life. It is a well-structured contribution that deserves the recognition of a wide international debate. The book actually provides good grounds for a comprehensive analysis of the most sensitive questions elaborated by the author, which will attract the critical attention of the academic world and the general reader. --Stefano Bianchini