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

Name: Islam, Orientalism and Intellectual History Modernity and the Politics of Exclusion Since Ibn Khaldun
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
SKU: 9781780764504-V
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By Salama, Mohammad R.

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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. Calling for a new understanding of the relationship between Islam and the West, Salama argues that Islam has played a major role in enabling and positioning various paths of Western historiography at crucial moments of its development, leaving palpable imprints on Islamic historiography in the process. He proposes an answer to a fundamental question: how to make sense of the mechanics of production in Arab-Islamic and Western historiographies, or how to identify the ways in which they have both failed to make sense of themselves and of each other in an increasingly disenchanted postnationalist world. Spanning an impressive array of recent writings on these themes as well as older foundational texts in both traditions - including al-Tabari, Ibn Khaldun, Hegel, al-Jabarti, Toynbee, Foucault, Edward Said, and Hourani - this book is both timely and crucial for all those interested in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Western and Islamic philosophies of history, modernity, and the relationship between Islam and the West.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 290
Release Date:: 2013-03-25
Publication Date:: 2013-03-25
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1780764502
ISBN13:: 9781780764504
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 368 g
Height:: 140 cm
Width:: 216 cm
Thickness:: 16 cm

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