A call for heresy : why dissent is vital to Islam and America / Anouar Majid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Majid, Anouar, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East and West.

Islamic civilization--21st century.

Islamic civilization.

Civilization.

United States--Civilization--21st century.

United States.

Islamic countries--Relations--United States.

Islamic countries.

Relations.

United States--Relations--Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

xii, 290 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2007]

Summary:

A Call for Heresy discovers unexpected common ground in one of the most inflammatory issues of the twenty-first century: the deepening conflict between the Islamic world and the United States. Moving beyond simplistic answers, Anouar Majid argues that the Islamic world and the United States are both in precipitous states of decline because religious, political, and economic orthodoxies in each have silenced the voices of their most creative thinkers-the visionary nonconformists, radicals, and revolutionaries who are often dismissed, or even punished, as heretics. The solution, Majid concludes, is a long-overdue revival of dissent.

Contents:

Introduction: Saints in peril

Death in Cancún

Specters of annihilation

Islam and its discontents

Regime change

America and its discontents

Vital heresies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-261) and index.

ISBN:

9780816651276

9780816651283

0816651272

0816651280

OCLC:

132681434

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