Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue

Harris, Sam

ISBN 10: 0674088700 / ISBN 13: 9780674088702

Editore: Harvard University Press, 2015

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Riassunto:

<p>In this short book, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? What do words like <i>Islamism</i>, <i>jihadism</i>, and <i>fundamentalism</i> mean in today’s world?<br><br>Remarkable for the breadth and depth of its analysis, this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former radical is all the more startling for its decorum. Harris and Nawaz have produced something genuinely new: they engage one of the most polarizing issues of our time—fearlessly and fully—and actually make <i>progress</i>.<br><br><i>Islam and the Future of Tolerance</i> has been published with the explicit goal of inspiring a wider public discussion by way of example. In a world riven by misunderstanding and violence, Harris and Nawaz demonstrate how two people with very different views can find common ground.</p>

Recensione: "[A] wise little volume." --Booklist

"Maajid Nawaz and his favourite interlocutor Sam Harris are at first sight an unlikely pair, but they are doing their best to find common ground and get their act together. -- Economist

Nawaz and Harris discuss Islamism and jihadism from a historical and well as a philosophical angle, with no trace of sentiment or dogma... here, at last, is a proper debate. -- New Statesman

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Titolo: Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue
Casa editrice: Harvard University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2015
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good