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The New Crusades: Constructing the Muslim Enemy
Emran Qureshi (Ed.)
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Description for The New Crusades: Constructing the Muslim Enemy
Hardback. Not since the Crusades of the Middle Ages has Islam evoked the degree of fear, hostility, and ethnic and religious stereotyping that is evident throughout Western culture today. This book explores the historical, political, and institutional forces that have raised the specter of a threatening and monolithic Muslim enemy. Editor(s): Qureshi, Emran; Sells, Michael A. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 817.
Not since the Crusades of the Middle Ages has Islam evoked the degree of fear, hostility, and ethnic and religious stereotyping that is evident throughout Western culture today. As conflicts continue to proliferate around the globe, the perception of a colossal, unyielding, and unavoidable struggle between Islam and the West has intensified. These numerous conflicts, both actual and ideological, have revived fears of an ongoing "clash of civilizations"-an intractable and irreconcilable conflict of values between Western cultures and an Islam that is portrayed as hostile and alien. The New Crusades takes head-on the idea of an emergent "Cold War" between ... Read more
Not since the Crusades of the Middle Ages has Islam evoked the degree of fear, hostility, and ethnic and religious stereotyping that is evident throughout Western culture today. As conflicts continue to proliferate around the globe, the perception of a colossal, unyielding, and unavoidable struggle between Islam and the West has intensified. These numerous conflicts, both actual and ideological, have revived fears of an ongoing "clash of civilizations"-an intractable and irreconcilable conflict of values between Western cultures and an Islam that is portrayed as hostile and alien. The New Crusades takes head-on the idea of an emergent "Cold War" between ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231126663
SKU
V9780231126663
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About Emran Qureshi (Ed.)
Emran Qureshi is an independent scholar and freelance journalist. His articles and reviews have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Toronto Globe & Mail, the Washington Post, and the Guardian Weekly. He resides in Ottawa, where he is working on his next book, a study of Islam and human rights.Michael A. Sells is Emily Judson Baugh and John Marshall ... Read more
Reviews for The New Crusades: Constructing the Muslim Enemy
A book of major importance... Essential. Choice Sophisticated, subtle, richly documented, and wide-ranging.
L. Carl Brown Foreign Affairs This is an important book... for those engaged in challenging the assumptions that lie behind this current 'war on terror'. The Muslim World Book Review The New Crusades assmbles expert knowledges of some tangled historical roots... this work deserves as wide ... Read more
L. Carl Brown Foreign Affairs This is an important book... for those engaged in challenging the assumptions that lie behind this current 'war on terror'. The Muslim World Book Review The New Crusades assmbles expert knowledges of some tangled historical roots... this work deserves as wide ... Read more