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The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations.

While globalization unifies the world, divisions re-emerge within it in the form of a spectacular separation between Islam and the West. How can it be that Huntington's contested idea of a clash of civilizations became such a powerful political myth through which so many people look at the worl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bottici, Chiara
Otros Autores: Challand, Benoît
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a While globalization unifies the world, divisions re-emerge within it in the form of a spectacular separation between Islam and the West. How can it be that Huntington's contested idea of a clash of civilizations became such a powerful political myth through which so many people look at the world? Bottici and Challand disentangle such a process of myth-making both in the West and in Muslim majority countries, and call for a renewed critical attitude towards it. By analysing a process of elaboration of this myth that took place in academic books, arts and media, comics and Hollywood fi. 
505 0 |a The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Political myths; 1.1 Understanding myth: a theoretical framework; 1.2 Political myth; 1.3 Political myth, history and ideology; 1.4 Conclusions; 2 Icons; 2.1 Icons, symbols and the social unconscious; 2.2 Facing the unknown: a journey into Arabland; 2.3 Fascination or fear? A journey into the land of infidels (kafir); 2.4 Conclusions; 3 Myth and theory; 3.1 Reducing complexity; 3.2 Entrapping identity; 3.3 Hiding from reality; 3.4 Beyond orientalism and occidentalism 
505 8 |a 3.5 Conclusions4 The politics of myth; 4.1 Crusades, coexistence, colonialism: the historical background to the orientalist gaze; 4.2 Colonial and post-colonial struggles; 4.3 From the Cold War to the age of a self-fulfilled prophecy; 4.4 The spectacle of the clash of civilizations: myth, media and rituals; 4.5 Conclusions; 5 The struggle for people's imagination; 5.1 Beyond civilization; 5.2 Struggles over the East/West divide; 5.3 Imaginal politics; 5.4 The repositioning of religion in the public sphere; 5.5 Conclusions; Notes; References; Index 
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