"Islam vs. Islamism" introduces the Islamic world's diversity, conflicts, and dilemmas--its origins, extraordinary creativity, and current crisis, the result of its unhappy encounter with Western modernity. Particular attention is given to Islamism, Islam's radically antimodern and often violent revision that is causing turmoil in the Middle East and beyond.
"Islam vs. Islamism" introduces the reader to the Islamic world, to its diversity and conflicts, and to possible solutions to those conflicts. Steering clear of either Islamophilia or Muslim-bashing, yet avoiding blandness, Demant...
"Islam vs. Islamism" introduces the Islamic world's diversity, conflicts, and dilemmas--its origins, extraordinary creativity, and current crisis, ...
