This book analyzes Islam as a form of 'travelling theory' in the context of contemporary global transformations such as diasporic communities, transnational social movements, global cities and information technologies. Peter Mandaville examines how 'globalization' is manifested as lived experience through a discussion of debates over the meaning of Muslim identity, political community and the emergence of a 'critical Islam'. This radical book argues that translocal forces are leading the emergence of a wider Muslim public sphere. Now available in paperback, it contains a new preface...
This book analyzes Islam as a form of 'travelling theory' in the context of contemporary global transformations such as diasporic communities, transna...
This book analyzes Islam as a form of 'travelling theory' in the context of contemporary global transformations such as diasporic communities, transnational social movements, global cities and information technologies. Peter Mandaville examines how 'globalization' is manifested as lived experience through a discussion of debates over the meaning of Muslim identity, political community and the emergence of a 'critical Islam'. This radical book argues that translocal forces are leading the emergence of a wider Muslim public sphere. Now available in paperback, it contains a new preface...
This book analyzes Islam as a form of 'travelling theory' in the context of contemporary global transformations such as diasporic communities, transna...
Are we, after the Cold War, living in a world without meaning? How do we define ourselves in a world seemingly devoid of ideological struggle or clear foundations? This volume brings together specialists in international relations to tackle a set of difficult questions about what it means to live in a globalized world where the purpose and direction of world politics are no longer clear-cut.
Are we, after the Cold War, living in a world without meaning? How do we define ourselves in a world seemingly devoid of ideological struggle or clear...
The new millennium can only be a time of true globalization if different histories and systems of understanding the world are appreciated. The authors unveil significant studies to do with epistemological debates in International Relations, and give detailed middle and far-eastern examples of how different cultures have used story-telling as a means of understanding what is outside and around. Especially provocative is the Chinese idea of the West as an 'Other', as atypical and, indeed, inscrutable, to the extent of not needing scrutiny at all.
The new millennium can only be a time of true globalization if different histories and systems of understanding the world are appreciated. The authors...
