Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures

Professor Sohail Inayatullah is the UNESCO Chair for Futures Studies. He is a political scientist/futurist associated with Tamkang University, Taipei; an Associate at Melbourne Business School, and Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast. He is the author of Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures (Pluto Press, 2003).Gail Boxwell is studying for a PhD in Sociology at Exeter with a focus on the social/political role of shamanism. She has taught study skills to female students at Zayed University, Dubai. She is co-editor of Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures (Pluto Press, 2003).

• Introduction: the Other Futurist1. Rethinking Islam2. Reconstructing the Muslim Civilisation 3. Permanence and Change in Islam 4. The Shariah as a Problem Solving Methodology 5. Islam and Nationalism 6. Paper, Printing and Compact Discs 7. Reformist Ideas and Muslim Intellectuals: The Demands of the Real World II: Postmodernism8. When the Pendulum Comes to Rest 9. Walt Disney and the Double Victimisation of Pocahontas10. Christian-Muslim Relations in the Postmodern Age 11. Total Recall: Aliens, Others and Amnesia in Postmodern Thought12. Bosnia and the Postmodern Embrace of Evil13. Postmodern(ising) Quawwali14. The End of Civilisation?III: Other Futures15. The Problem of Futures Studies 16. Asian Cultures: Between Programmed and Desired Futures 17. Other Futures: Non-Western Cultures in Futures Studies 18. Medicine in Multicultural Society19 Beyond Development: An Islamic Perspective 20. What Chaos? What Coherence? -Across the River I calledBibliography : Ziauddin Sardar - A Working Bibliography by Gail BoxwellIndex

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