Islamic liberation theology: resisting the Empire

This book is a radical piece of counter-intuitive thinking on the clash of civilizations theory and global politics. The author argues that after 9/11 we have not seen a new phase in a long running confrontation between Islam and the West, but that such cataegories have collapsed. The West is no lon...

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Main Author: Dabashi, Hamid 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2008
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Summary:This book is a radical piece of counter-intuitive thinking on the clash of civilizations theory and global politics. The author argues that after 9/11 we have not seen a new phase in a long running confrontation between Islam and the West, but that such cataegories have collapsed. The West is no longer a unified actor and Islam is ideologically exhausted in its confontation with colonialism. Rather we are seeing the emergence of the US as a lone superpower, and a confrontation between a form of imperial globalized capital and a new Islamic theodicy.
Physical Description:303 Seiten
ISBN:9780415771542
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