Islamic Liberation Theology : Resisting the Empire

ISBN-13: 9780415771542 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 320 str.

Dabashi Hamid; Hamid Dabashi

Opis

Presenting criticism of contemporary politics, this title argues that after 9/11 we have not seen a new phase in a confrontation between Islam and the West, but that such categories have in fact collapsed and exhausted themselves.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Resisting the Empire  2. The End of Islamic Ideology  3. Blindness and Insight  4. Islam and Globalization  5. The Shi’i Passion Play  6. Liberation Theodicy  7. Malcolm X as A Muslim Revolutionary.  Conclusion

O autorze

Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York, USA. He is the author of several books including: Authority in Islam: From the Rise of Muhammad to the Establishment of the Umayyads (1989/1992); Iran: A People Interrupted (2007); Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundations of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (1993/2005); Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema (edited with an Introduction, 2006); and Close up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, Future (2001).