ISBN:
0226726169
,
9780226726168
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 268 S.
DDC:
909.0974927083
Keywords:
Islam 21st century
;
Arab countries Politics and government
;
21st century
;
Arab countries Social life and customs
;
Islam 21st century
;
Arab countries Social life and customs
;
Arab countries Politics and government 21st century
;
Arabische Staaten
;
Islam
;
Politische Kultur
;
Arabische Staaten
;
Islam
;
Kultur
;
Arabische Staaten
;
Islam
;
Politische Kultur
;
Arabische Staaten
;
Islam
;
Kultur
Abstract:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction : presenting and re-presenting Islam -- Just and not just -- Junk democracy : Middle East meets Middle America -- What (if anything) went wrong? personalism, institutions, and the unfractionated self -- Why do Arab terrorists kill themselves? -- On the meaning of ownership : the problematic of property in Moroccan culture -- Islamic concepts of justice -- Readings and re-readings -- Reading the Quran through Western eyes -- Why portraits hold no meaning for Arabs -- Protecting the Prophet : understanding Muslim reactions to the Danish cartoon controversy -- Theorizing from within : Ibn Khaldun and the understanding of Arab political culture -- Representatives and representations -- Knowledge forms : scientists as fundamentalists -- Expecting the unexpected : cultural components of Arab governance -- Power and culture in the acceptance of "universal" human rights -- Afterword
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction : presenting and re-presenting Islam -- Just and not just -- Junk democracy : Middle East meets Middle America -- What (if anything) went wrong? personalism, institutions, and the unfractionated self -- Why do Arab terrorists kill themselves? -- On the meaning of ownership : the problematic of property in Moroccan culture -- Islamic concepts of justice -- Readings and re-readings -- Reading the Quran through Western eyes -- Why portraits hold no meaning for Arabs -- Protecting the Prophet : understanding Muslim reactions to the Danish cartoon controversy -- Theorizing from within : Ibn Khaldun and the understanding of Arab political culture -- Representatives and representations -- Knowledge forms : scientists as fundamentalists -- Expecting the unexpected : cultural components of Arab governance -- Power and culture in the acceptance of "universal" human rights -- Afterword
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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