Islams and Modernities - Rilegato

Al-Azmeh, Aziz

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ISBN 10: 1844673847 ISBN 13: 9781844673841

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 2009

Riassunto

Islam has become the new spectre haunting Europe. All too often, even well-meaning liberals portray the modern resurgence of Islam as the new "Green Menace"—intolerant, medieval and barbaric—which has replaced Communism as the main threat to Western civilization and values. For Aziz Al-Azmeh, this Orientalist and racist view of Islam is nothing but the mirror-image of the myths propagated by Islamic fundamentalists and radicals. Both views share an erroneous and a historical conception of Islam as an unchanging and monolithic entity. Surveying both its social origins and its intellectual genealogy, Al-Azmeh rethinks the relationship between Islam and the West, uncovering a rich actual history of interaction.

In this expanded new edition, the author examines the discourse surrounding Islamism and irrationalism after 9/11.

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Informazioni sull?autore

AZIZ AL-AZMEH is Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Humanities Center, Central European University, Budapest and Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Budapest. His other works include Ibn Khaldûn: An Essay in Reinterpretation and The Times of History: Universal Topics in Islamic Historiography.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1844673847
• ISBN 13: 9781844673841
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 234
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile