Unveiling Traditions : Postcolonial Islam in a Polycentric World /

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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...

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Main Author: Majid, Anouar, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Modernisme (cultuur)
Islam.
Weltpolitik
Islam
Entkolonialisierung
International relations.
Politics and government.
Islam > Economic aspects.
Islam and world politics.
Capitalism > Religious aspects > Islam.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Politique mondiale > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Islam > Aspect economique.
Capitalisme > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Islam > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Islam > 1800-
Islam > 20th century.
Europa
Islamic countries.
Europe.
Pays musulmans > Politique et gouvernement.
Pays musulmans > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > Pays musulmans.
Islamic countries > Politics and government.
Islamic countries > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > Islamic countries.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (238 pages).
ISBN:9780822380542

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