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Islamism and the West: From "Cultural Attack" to "Missionary Migrant" - Routledge Studies in Political Islam Shavit, Uriya (Tel Aviv University, Israel) 1st edition
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Islamism and the West: From "Cultural Attack" to "Missionary Migrant" - Routledge Studies in Political Islam
Shavit, Uriya (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Offering a unique analysis of Islamist ideology, Islamism and the West attempts to explain how- and why-mainstream Islamist leaders have, for the past century, developed and canonized theories which depict theWest as engaged in a sophisticated conspiracy to undermine Muslim identity by cultural means, while morallycollapsing and yearning for the spiritual salvation brought by Muslim migrants.
This book demonstrates how seemingly triumphalist Islamist writings served, in fact, to legitimize pragmatic concessions undertaken by Islamists ? from cooperating with regimes allied with the West, to encouraging Muslim migration to Christian lands. Following the Arab Spring, and with Islamism becoming a dominant force in Middle Eastern politics, Islamism and the West is an essential reading for the understanding of a region in transition
Providing new insights on familiar concepts including ?cultural imperialism,? ?liberal democracy,? and ?civilisational decline,? this book will be of use to students of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Political Science, Migration Studies and Cultural Studies.
208 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 25, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780415715003 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 198 |
| Dimensions | 232 × 159 × 18 mm · 448 g |
| Language | English |
