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Islamic world and the West : An introduction to political cultures and international relations.
Title:
Islamic world and the West : An introduction to political cultures and international relations.
Author:
Hafez, K.
ISBN:
9789047400370
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (263 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Editor's preface to the English edition -- Foreword -- INTRODUCTION -- Islam and the West: The clash of politicised perceptions -- PART I: BASIC ISSUES -- Is there an Islamic modernity? -- Visions of an Islamic Republic. Good governance according to the Islamists -- Universalism versus relativism. On the necessity of intercultural dialogue on human rights -- From exotic harem beauty to Islamic fundamentalist. Women in Islam -- West-eastern cultures of fear: Violence and terrorism in Islam -- Islamic economics: dogma or science? -- PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES -- Support for democracy or fear of Islamism? Europe and Algeria -- Iran: Towards an end of anti-Western isolationism? -- They dare to speak out. Changes in the political culture of Egypt, Morocco and the Arab world -- Secularism and Islamism in Turkey -- Neither a religious war nor ethnic hatred. Bosnian Muslims between partition, the superpowers and Islamic solidarity -- Oslo: a model for peace in the Middle East? Israel and the Palestinians -- Iraq as a Golem. Identity crises of a Western creation -- Atheistic Muslims. Soviet legacy and Islamic tradition in Central Asia and the Caucasus -- Pakistan's "Islamic" atom bomb -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
This anthology is an introduction to political cultures in the Islamic world and into relations between the West and Islam. It outlines similarities and differences in the understanding, perception and communication of politico-ideological issues like modernity democracy and human rights.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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