Todorov provides an illuminating overview of the current reality: the major categories with which we evaluate the different societies of the world and why the judge barbarous or civilized; collective identities; relations between societies or countries; and the attempt to camouflage the political and social conflicts in wars of religion or clash of civilizations. Through specific cases of internal conflicts in European societies such as the murder of Theo Van Gogh in Amsterdam, the Danish cartoons or the Pope's speech in Ratisbona-, Todorov thinks beyond the Manichaeism about European identity, immigration, dialogue between cultures or address could take the policy