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Confronting Political Islam: Six Lessons from the West´s Past
John M. Owen
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Description for Confronting Political Islam: Six Lessons from the West´s Past
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 line illus. 6 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFH; HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Political Islam has often been compared to ideological movements of the past such as fascism or Christian theocracy. But are such analogies valid? How should the Western world today respond to the challenges of political Islam? Taking an original approach to answer this question, Confronting Political Islam compares Islamism's struggle with secularism to other prolonged ideological clashes in Western history. By examining the past conflicts that have torn Europe and the Americas--and how they have been supported by underground networks, fomented radicalism and revolution, and triggered foreign interventions and international conflicts--John Owen draws six major lessons to demonstrate that much ... Read more
Political Islam has often been compared to ideological movements of the past such as fascism or Christian theocracy. But are such analogies valid? How should the Western world today respond to the challenges of political Islam? Taking an original approach to answer this question, Confronting Political Islam compares Islamism's struggle with secularism to other prolonged ideological clashes in Western history. By examining the past conflicts that have torn Europe and the Americas--and how they have been supported by underground networks, fomented radicalism and revolution, and triggered foreign interventions and international conflicts--John Owen draws six major lessons to demonstrate that much ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691173108
SKU
V9780691173108
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About John M. Owen
John M. Owen IV is professor of politics and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. His books include The Clash of Ideas in World Politics (Princeton) and Liberal Peace, Liberal War.
Reviews for Confronting Political Islam: Six Lessons from the West´s Past
"Owen is generous, rational and balanced... [H]e is astute enough to understand the vast real-world differences that block the resolution of conflict."
Publishers Weekly "[A]n animated, ambitious and thoughtful book."
Borzou Daragahi, Financial Times "[P]rovocative."
Amb. (ret.) Anthony Quainton, American Diplomacy "This engaging and thoughtful book by University of Virginia scholar John Owen looks back on a series of upheavals in Western history ... Read more
Publishers Weekly "[A]n animated, ambitious and thoughtful book."
Borzou Daragahi, Financial Times "[P]rovocative."
Amb. (ret.) Anthony Quainton, American Diplomacy "This engaging and thoughtful book by University of Virginia scholar John Owen looks back on a series of upheavals in Western history ... Read more