The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations

ISBN-13: 9780415573276 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 192 str.

Chiara Bottici;Benoît Challand

Opis

Examines the issue of the Clash of Civilizations between Islam and the West through the concept of myth. This book also examines how such beliefs spread in both a Western and a Muslim context, and argues that it has become a strong political tool.

Recenzje

"[T]he perspectives presented in this book shed an interesting new light on the myths-making processes underpinning the notion of a clash of civilizations. This work moves the debate away from sterile discussions about civilizations and highlights instead the value of analysing political myths as structuring and being structured by the social imaginary of specific political communities." - Frederic Volpi, University of St Andrews; Journal of Islamic Studies, vol 23, no 1, January 2012

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Political Myths  2. Icons  3. Myth and Theory  4. The Politics of Myth  5. The Struggle for People’s Imagination

O autorze

Chiara Bottici is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department of the New School for Social Research (New York).

Benoit Challand is Visiting Associate Professor in the Politics Department of the New School for Social Research (New York).