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The future of Islam and the West : clash of civilizations or peaceful coexistence? / Shireen T. Hunter ; foreword by Marc Gopin.
Van Pelt Library DS65.5.E8 H86 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunter, Shireen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Relations--Christianity.
- Islam.
- Relations.
- Christianity.
- Christianity and other religions--Islam.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Middle East--Relations--Europe.
- Middle East.
- Europe--Relations--Middle East.
- Europe.
- Islam--Iran.
- Iran.
- Islam--Saudi Arabia.
- Saudi Arabia.
- Middle East Region.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 195 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
- Summary:
- Examines the relations between Islam and the West, paying particular attention to the various schools of Islamic political thought and the Islamic world view.
- Contents:
- The End of History and the Clash of Civilizations 4
- Islam's Salience 11
- Evolution of Religion and Secularism 18
- Real Cause of the Clash 19
- Goals and Methodology 29
- 1. Unfolding of the Islamic Experience 31
- The Early Islamic Community: Myth and Reality 31
- Islamic Theory of Society and Polity 33
- Post-Prophetic Islamic Community: Persistence of Ethnic and Class Distinctions and the Early Fissure of the Community 38
- Islamic Conception of International Relations: Theory and Practice 59
- 2. The Islamist Movement and Its Anti-Western Dimensions: Islamic Particularism or Sociopolitical Mutation? 69
- Origins of the Islamist Phenomenon 71
- Intensification of the Dualistic Development of Muslim Societies 96
- External Causes of the Rise of the Islamist Phenomenon 106
- Roots of the Islamist Phenomenon's Anti-Western Dimensions 110
- 3. The Role of Islam in Shaping Foreign Policy: Case Studies of Iran and Saudi Arabia 116
- Modern Iran 116
- Saudi Arabia: A Different Kind of Islamic State 151.
- Notes:
- "Published with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275962873
- 0275962881
- OCLC:
- 38180114
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