ISBN:
9780203802021
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 228 S.
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Florence, KY Taylor and Francis 2012 Online-Ausg
Parallel Title:
Print version Islam in Global Politics : Conflict and Cross-Civilizational Bridging
DDC:
303.482176704
Keywords:
Islam
;
Weltpolitik
;
Globalisierung
;
Politik
;
Internationale Politik
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Reaching beyond traditionally politicised scholarship to provide a unique perspective on the place of religion and culture in global and local politics, this book examines the impact of Islam on 'civilizational' relations between different groups and polities. Bassam Tibi takes a highly original approach to the topic of religion in world politics, exploring the place of Islam in society and its frequent distortion in world politics to the more radical Islamism. Looking at how this becomes an immediate source of tension and conflict between the secular and the religious, Tibi rejects the 'clash
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Islam in Global Politics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Intercivilizational value-conflicts and bridging in the pursuit of post-bipolar peace; 2. Intercultural dialogue as a global communication in pursuit of bridging: cultural particularisms and value-conflicts among the civilizations; 3. The new intercivilizational Cold War of ideas and alternatives to it; 4. Which Islam for bridging? The heterogeneity of civilizations as a background for the plea to revive the grammar of Islamic humanism
Description / Table of Contents:
5. Euro-Islam as a vision for bridging: a liberal and secular Islam for the Islamic diaspora in Europe6. Intercivilizational conflict, bridging and critical theory: the Western Third World-ist romanticization of Islamism and beyond; 7. From conflict to bridgings: conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Online-Ausg.
