Islam and the West Critical Perspectives on

The essays in Islam and the West: Critical Perspectives on Modernity approach the interactions of Islam, the West, and modernity through overlapping social, historical, economic, cultural, and philosophical layers. Viewed through this complex prism of analysis, the full dimensions of the relationship become clear and the result is a deeper understanding of the nature of modernity and how other societies can relate to each other.

Introduction

1

(4)

1 Muslims and the West: A Paradigm for Polarization

5

(16)

Haroun Er-Rashid

2 Islam, Modernity, and the Dialectic of Dogmatism

21

(18)

Michael J. Thompson

3 The Deficiency of Democracy in the Islamic World

39

(10)

Omer Çaha

4 The Roots of Terror

49

(26)

Lauren Langman and Douglas Morris

5 Europe in the Mirror of the Contemporary Middle East: Aspects of Modern European History Reconsidered

75

(32)

Sandra Halpern

6 Deconstructing Arab-Islamic History: A Discussion of its Evolutionary Dynamics

107

(16)

Wadood Hamad

7 Critical Theory and the Islamic Encounter with Modernity

123

(16)

Farzin Vahdat

8 Second Letter on Algeria

139

(14)

Alexis de Tocqueville

9 A Wild Goose Chase: To Cope, Must Islam "westernize"?

153

(30)

Nissim Rejwan

Index

183

(4)

About the Contributors

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Islam and the West Critical Perspectives on Modernity

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