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Islam and the Orientalist World-System
Samman, Khaldoun; Al-Zo'By, Mazhar
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Paperback. Offers an understanding of Islam and Islamic societies' role and relations to global cultural and economic realities. This book offers a portrait of Islamic societies and challenges the belief that Islam is not part of, nor much affected by, the modern world-system. Series: Political Economy of the World-System Annuals. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416.
Featuring Immanuel Wallerstein, Joseph Massad, Marnia Lazreg, and other well-known and emerging new authors, this book seeks a more accurate understanding of Islam and Islamic societies' role and relations to global cultural and economic realities. The book confronts a trend today of analyzing Islam as a "cultural system" that stands outside of, and even predates, modernity. The authors see this trend as part of a racist discourse unaware of the realities of contemporary Islam. Islamic societies today are products of the world capitalist system and cannot be understood as being separate from its forces. The authors offer a more carefully ... Read more
Featuring Immanuel Wallerstein, Joseph Massad, Marnia Lazreg, and other well-known and emerging new authors, this book seeks a more accurate understanding of Islam and Islamic societies' role and relations to global cultural and economic realities. The book confronts a trend today of analyzing Islam as a "cultural system" that stands outside of, and even predates, modernity. The authors see this trend as part of a racist discourse unaware of the realities of contemporary Islam. Islamic societies today are products of the world capitalist system and cannot be understood as being separate from its forces. The authors offer a more carefully ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
Political Economy of the World-System Annuals
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781594515194
SKU
V9781594515194
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