Islam and the Middle East: The Aesthetics of a Political Inquiry (Research Monographs, 2) - Softcover
Orientalism has traditionally dominated discourse on the Middle East and thus obscured the human realities of the region. This monograph addresses the inadequacy and validity of existing theoretical perspectives on the Middle East. The critique presented offers Islam as a unifying constant rather than a sporadic phenomenon correlated to the flux of social, political and economic conditions and argues that Islam should be conceptually incorporated into any analysis of the region. The book defines the essence of Islamic civilization and highlights aspects of the colonial encounter as a background for understanding contemporary dynamics. Against a subtle leitmotiv of contrasting imagery, it profiles the Islamic view of the state, the role of the faith as well as that of the community. Useful distinctions are made between the Islamic and Western approaches to the area which should prove illuminating to both the area specialist and the lay reader.
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Dr. Mona Abdul-Fadl was born in Cairo, Egypt on Nov.7, 1945. She grew up between two cultures, the greater part of her childhood being spent between Egypt and England. She received her doctorate from London University and went on to earn her professorship at Cairo University. Her versatile interests cover a range of topics from Islam and the Middle East to political theory, epistemology, and feminist scholarship. She is also active in intercultural dialogue and is currently piloting a project on Western Thought at the International Institute of Islamic Thought in the United States. (1990).
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- PublisherInternational Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0912463740
- ISBN 13 9780912463742
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages80
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Islam and the Middle East: The Aesthetics of a Political Inquiry (Research Monographs, No. 2)
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