Good Muslim, bad Muslim: America, the Cold War and the roots of terror

"Dispels the idea of 'good' (secular, westernized) and 'bad' (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer to political rather than cultural or religious identities ... Argues that political Islam emerged as the result of a modern encounter with Wes...

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Main Author: Mamdani, Mahmood 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Pantheon Books 2004
Edition:1. publ.
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Summary:"Dispels the idea of 'good' (secular, westernized) and 'bad' (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer to political rather than cultural or religious identities ... Argues that political Islam emerged as the result of a modern encounter with Western power, and that the terrorist movement at the center of Islamist politics is an even more recent phenomenon, one that followed America's embrace of proxy war after its defeat in Vietnam"--jacket.
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:XII, 304 S.
ISBN:0375422854
2869781342

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