Muslim spaces of hope : geographies of possibility in Britain and the West /

Debates about contemporary Islam and Muslims in the West have taken some negative turns in the depressing atmosphere of the war on terror and its aftermath. This book argues that we have been too preoccupied with problems, not enough with solutions. It acknowledges but challenges what has come to be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Phillips, Richard, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Zed Books : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, ©2009.
Temas:
Islam and politics > Western countries.
Islamic fundamentalism > Western countries.
Muslims > Western countries > Politics and government.
Intégrisme islamique > Occident.
Sociology.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Islam and politics
Islamic fundamentalism
Muslims > Politics and government
Muslim
Western countries
Großbritannien
Westliche Welt
Muslim spaces
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • About the editor; Illustrations; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Muslim geographies
  • spaces of hope?; Muslim geographies; Spaces of hope?; References; Part One
  • Spaces of Hope?; 1
  • Spaces of hope: interventions; 2
  • Muslims in the West: deconstructing geographical binaries; 3
  • The hopeful and exclusionary politics of Islam in Australia: looking for alternative geographies of 'Western Islam'; Part Two
  • Convivial Cities; 4
  • Veils and sales: Muslims and the spaces of post-colonial fashion retail; 5
  • Citizenship and faith: Muslim scout groups.

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