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Islam, Orientalism and Intellectual History Modernity and the Politics of Exclusion Since Ibn Khaldun

Islam, Orientalism and Intellectual History Modernity and the Politics of Exclusion Since Ibn Khaldun

Paperback

Series: Library of Middle East History

IslamGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1780764502
ISBN13: 9781780764504
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Mar 30 2013
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.38 Depth: 8.51
Language: English

Debates on the relationship between Islam and the West rage on, from talk of clashing civilizations to political pacification, from ethical and historical perspectives to distrust, xenophobia and fear. Here Mohammad Salama argues that the events of 9/11 force us to engage ourselves fully, without preconditions, in understanding not just the history of Islam as a religion, but of Islam as a historical condition that has existed in relationship to the West since the seventh century. Salama compares the Arab-Islamic and European traditions of historical thought since the early modern period, focusing on the watershed moments that informed the two traditions' ideas of intellectual history and perceptions of one another. He draws attention to European intellectual history's entangled links with the Islamic philosophy of history, especially the complexities of orientalism and modernity. Recent critical reflections on the work of Ibn Khaldun confirm this intertwined and troubled relationship, reflecting major disparities and contradictions. At the same time, recent Arab writings on Europe's intellectual history reveal a struggle against erasure and intellectual superiority.

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