Islams and Modernities
by Aziz Al-Azmeh
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Aziz Al-Azmeh is CEU University Professor in the School of History at the Central European University, Budapest. Among his books in English are Muslim Kingship: Power and the Sacred in Muslim, Christian and Pagan Polities and The Times of History: Universal Topics in Islamic Historiography.
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 306.697 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Religious institutions
- LCC
- BP163 .A95 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc. Islam. Bahai Faith. Theosophy, etc. General works on Islam
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