Occidentalism, Conspiracy and Taboo

Collected Essays on Islam and Politics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Sadik Al-Azm (1934-2016) was one of the foremost Arab public intellectuals, who offered innovative, often controversial challenges to conventional narratives on Islam and the West, Secularism, Orientalism, and the Israel-Palestine issue. This fourth and final volume of his works in English includes his essays on:Faith and Reason in Islam: Strategies in the Education of Muslim CommunitiesSharia from a Secular Perspective Crossing Borders: Orientalism, lslamism and PostmodernismThe Concept of Civil Society in Relation to the 'Arab Spring'Statement by 99 Syrian Intellectuals ("Charta 99")Goethe Medal 2015 Acceptance Speech

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-10-31
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieIslamic Studies
Antal sidor160
FörlagGerlach Press
ISBN9783959940467

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Preface by the Publisher WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 1 Faith and Reason in Islam: Strategies in the Education of Muslim Communities 2 Jihad 3 The Takfir Syllogism 4 What is Islamism? Sharia from a Secular Perspective SELF-IMAGE, THE OTHER AND BORDER-CROSSING 6 Owning the Future: Modern Arabs and Hamlet Translation, Arabic and the Postmodern 8 Crossing Borders: Orientalism, lslamism and Postmodernism 9 What's in a Name? CIVIL SOCIETY AND ARAB REVOLT The Concept of Civil Society in Relation to the 'Arab Spring' 11 Arab Nationalism, Islamism and the Arab Spring 12 Syria in Revolt SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER 13 Statement by 99 Syrian Intellectuals ("Charta 99") 14 Saving the Nonviolent Revolution in Syria: For a Credible Strategy 15 Syrian Writers, Artists, and Journalists Speak Out Against US and Russian Policy CLOSING WORDS 16 Goethe Medal 2015 Acceptance Speech