‘Required reading for anyone wishing to think more clearly about what Islam, and its fundamentalists, mean for the contemporary world’ A.C. Grayling, Financial Times
Peter Partner examines the ways in which the concept of holy war – the jihad of the East and the crusade of the West – came to acquire its symbolic power, and how this still affects the modern world. He shows how the ideal of the crusade permeated Western attitudes and beliefs, and discusses the modernity or otherwise of today’s Islamic fundamentalist movements, which so alarm the Western world. He reveals how present-day Islamic reformers have actually borrowed the vocabulary of fundamentalism from Western sources, and discusses ways in which they have interpreted (and occasionally put into practice) the idea of holy war. Above all, God of Battles investigates the reasons behind the fear which Islamic fundamentalism excites in the West, and warns against allowing views that ultimately derive from eleventh-century propaganda to influence us today.
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‘Excellent. Should be required reading for the Middle East desks in the State Department and the Foreign Office’
Andrew Wheatcroft, Sunday Times
‘Partner’s conclusions will make it impossible for his readers ever again to swallow the bromides of waffling politicians or saloon-bar know-alls’
Frank McLynn, Glasgow Herald
‘Admirable. As an appeal to understanding it is greatly to be commended’
David Edgar, Irish Times
Peter Partner is a highly regarded historian. He was a journalist for many years, for the Observer, the Economist and others, and has broadcast frequently for the BBC on Arab topics.
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Descrizione libro Condizione: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:9780006384274. Codice articolo 8825482
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: VERY GOOD. 1998. HarperCollins. Softback. Book- VG. 7.5x5. 364pp. 9 maps, 26 b/w photos. Codice articolo 1683277
Descrizione libro Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. xxix, 364 pp., b/w plates hors text, 9 maps, glossary, biblio, notes, index, copy clean & in very good condition. Codice articolo 014166