Nathan Lean

Understanding Islam and the West

Critical Skills for Students

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introduces students to a new framework for understating the relationship between Islam and "the West", with an accessible introduction, three comprehensive and easy-to-follow parts, definitions of key terms, chronology, discussion points, and further reading.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 639g
• ISBN-13: 9781786602091
• ISBN-10: 1786602091
• Artikelnr.: 48699443

Autorenporträt

Nathan Lean is a writer and scholar of religion, Islamophobia, and Muslim-Christian relations. His work has been featured widely in academic and popular outlets, including in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New Republic, and CNN, among others. He has also appeared as a commentator on television and radio. He is the author of The Islamophobia Industry (Pluto Press), a Highly Recommended title by Choice.

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology
Introduction: A Clash of Civilizations or a Clash of Representations?
Part I: Identity Politics
1. Reversing Rhetorical Foundations
2. From Prose to Policy: A Discourse of Dualism
3. Foreign Enemies, Domestic Threats, and the Media
Part II: Religion, Language and Society
4. The Misappropriation of Arabic Words
5. The Soft Prejudice of "Western" Expectations
Part III: A Clash of Representations
6. The New "ism" Enemy: Islamism
7. The Illogical Search for "Moderate Muslims"
8. Understanding "the West" as an Ideological Enemy
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index