Postmodernism and Islam : Predicament and Promise

ISBN-13: 9780415348553 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 308 str.

Akbar S. Ahmed;Ahmed Akbar

Opis

Can West and East ever understand each other? In this extraordinary book one of the world's leading Muslim scholars explores an area which has been almost entirely neglected by scholars in the field - the area of postmodernism and Islam. This landmark work is startling and constantly perceptive in its exploration of Western and Islamic culture. Emphasizing the role of the mass media in shaping our understanding of East-West relations, Akbar S. Ahmed analyses the ways in which the media turned events like the Salmon Rushdie affair and the Gulf war into a carnival of spectacle and entertainment. He makes use of the postmodern theme of the displaced, circulating image to show how images are used to tell stories - stories which are not always helpful or accurate. In this new, revised edition, Akbar S. Ahmed includes a remarkable and stimulating new preface, in which he reconsiders this topic in the light of the contemporary, post September 11th, world.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Postmodernism and Islam; Chapter 2 Greek gods and Semitic prophets; Chapter 3 Confrontation and clash; Chapter 4 Studying Islam; Chapter 5 Culture and change; Chapter 6 The evil demon: the media as master References Name index; Subject Index;

O autorze

Akbar Ahmed is the Allama Iqbal Fellow and Fellow of Selwyn College at the University of Cambridge. His previous books include Pakistan Society, Discovering Islam and Resistance and Control in Pakistan.