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Islam in the Eyes of the West : Images and Realities in an Age of Terror.
After the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in New York, and the Madrid and London bombings, Muslim communities in the West have generated security issues and political concern. This book challenges the authenticity of popular myths about the Islamic world and examines these myths as ideological cover for t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2010.
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| Colección: | Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: The "West" and the Islamic world: patterns of confrontation and paths to reconciliation; 1 The origin of difference: Edward Said, Michel Foucault and the modern image of Islam; 2 Demonizing the enemy in the War on Terror; 3 Islam and Muslims as seen by the Christian Zionists; 4 Vigilante masculinity and the 'War on Terror'; 5 Islam in the US: The contemporary scene; 6 'Jihadiology' and the problem of reaching a contemporary understanding of Jihad.
- 7 Islam, Muslims, neighbors in Asia? The transformation of Japan's perceptions of Islam as shown in its media8 U.S. politics, media and Muslims in the post-9/11 era; 9 Self and Other in a time of terror: Myth, media and Muslims; 10 Understanding the Muslim world: We can do better; 11 Applying "the McCarthy Test" to Canadian and American security legislation: A 10-year retrospective on the impact of September 11, 2001 on privacy rights; 12 Huntington's "clash of civilizations": Rumo.