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Unveiling traditions : postcolonial Islam in a polycentric world /
In Unveiling Traditions Anouar Majid issues a challenge to the West to reimagine Islam as a progressive world culture and a participant in the building of a multicultural and more egalitarian world civilization. From within the highly secularized space it inhabits, a space endemically suspicious of...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Durham, N.C. :
Duke University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In Unveiling Traditions Anouar Majid issues a challenge to the West to reimagine Islam as a progressive world culture and a participant in the building of a multicultural and more egalitarian world civilization. From within the highly secularized space it inhabits, a space endemically suspicious of religion, the West must find a way, writes Majid, to embrace Islamic societies as partners in building a more inclusive and culturally diverse global community. Majid moves beyond Edward Said's unmasking of orientalism in the West to examine the intellectual assumptions that have prev. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 225 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0822380544 9780822380542 |