Islam and the Myth of Confrontation: Religion and Politics in the Middle East Contributor(s): Halliday, Fred (Author) |
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ISBN: 1860648681 ISBN-13: 9781860648687 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: The collapse of communism and the rise of militant Islamic movements in the Middle East, raised the specter of a future dominated by the conflict between "Islam" and "the West." September 11 has only branded that notion onto the world's consciousness. In this up-to-date edition of Halliday's classic text, he sets out to reject these interpretations. Considering the sources of Islamic militancy and analyzing the confrontational rhetoric of both Islamic and anti-Muslim demagogues, he provides an alternative, critical but cautious, reassessment. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Religion | Islam - General |
Dewey: 322.109 |
LCCN: 2003276109 |
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.3" W x 8.6" (0.77 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume sets out to reject anti-Islamic views of a future dominated by the conflict between Islam and the West. It has been revised to encompass the events of 11 September 2001, spiralling violence in the Middle East and President George Bush's proposed identification of an axis of evil. Considering the sources of Islamic militancy and analyzing the confrontational rhetoric of both Islamic and anti-Muslim demagogues, Halliday provides an alternative, critical, but cautious, reassessment. The Middle East, he argues, can be treated neither as a distinct nor as a unified region, but must be seen as a set of disparate societies, facing and reacting to the problems of economic development and political change. |