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Re-imagining the other : culture, media, and western-Muslim intersections

Title
Re-imagining the other : culture, media, and western-Muslim intersections / edited by Mahmoud Eid and Karim H. Karim.
Publication
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Additional Authors
  • Eid, Mahmoud, 1970-
  • Karim, Karim H. (Karim Haiderali), 1956-
Description
x, 250 pages; 23 cm
Summary
The twenty-first century exploded into the global imagination with unforgettable scenes of death and destruction. An apocalyptic 'clash of civilizations' seemed to be waged between two old foes - 'the West' and 'Islam.' However, the decade-long and ruinous 'war on terror' has prompted re-assessments of the militaristic approach to Western-Muslim relations. A growing number of academics, policymakers, religious leaders, journalists, and activists view the struggles as resulting from a 'clash of ignorance.' Re-imagining the Other examines the ways in which knowledge is manipulated by dominant Western and Muslim discourses. Authors from several disciplines study how the two societies have constructed images of each other in historical and contemporary times. The complexities and subtleties of their mutually productive relationship are overshadowed by portrayals of unremitting clash, thus serving as encouragement for the promotion of war and terrorism. The book proposes specific approaches to re-imagine the Other in order to mitigate Western-Muslim conflict.
Subject
  • East and West
  • Islamic civilization
  • Civilization, Western
  • 11.84 Islam: other
  • International relations
  • Massenmedien
  • Fremdbild
  • Der Andere
  • Das Andere
  • Islambild
  • Kulturkonflikt
  • Western countries > Relations > Islamic countries
  • Islamic countries > Relations > Western countries
  • Islamic countries
  • Western countries
  • Westliche Welt
  • Islamische Staaten
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : imagining the other / Karim H. Karim and Mahmoud Eid -- Religion and civilization / Jack Goody -- On the eve of the Napoleonic invasion : Arab perceptions of the world / Nabil Matar -- Through tinted lenses : Iranian and western perceptions and reconstructions of the other / Mohammad R. Ghanoonparvar -- The clash of civilizations 2.0 : race and eurocentrism, imperialism, and anti-imperialism / John M. Hobson -- Perceptions about Muslims in western societies / Mahmoud Eid -- A clash of discourses : femicides or honor killings? / Yasmin Jiwani -- Islamic, Islamist, moderate, extremist : imagining the Muslim self and the Muslim other / Karim H. Karim -- Religious conflict, empire-building, and the imagined other / Richard Rubenstein -- Translating otherness / Salah Basalamah -- Conclusion : re-imagining the other / Karim H. Karim and Mahmoud Eid.
ISBN
  • 9781137403650
  • 1137403659
  • 1137403667
  • 9781137403667
LCCN
2014004478
OCLC
  • ocn880520942
  • 880520942
  • SCSB-14434438
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library