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Islamic Liberation Theology: Resisting the Empire

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Availability:In StockContributor:Hamid DabashiPublish date:2008-07-01Pages:306
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415771559ISBN-10:415771552UPC:9780415771559Book Category:Political Science, Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:International Relations, Islam, Regional StudiesBook Topic:TheologySize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCPJXCWF30

This book is a radical piece of counter-intuitive rethinking of the clash of civilizations theory and global politics.

In this richly detailed criticism of contemporary politics, Hamid Dabashi argues that after 9/11 we have not seen a new phase in a long running confrontation between Islam and the West, but that such categories have in fact collapsed and exhausted themselves. The West is no longer a unified actor and Islam is ideologically depleted in its confrontation with colonialism. Rather we are seeing the emergence of the US as a lone superpower, and a confrontation between a form of imperial globalized capital and the rising need for a new Islamic theodicy.

The combination of political salience and theoretical force makes Islamic Liberation Theology a cornerstone of a whole new generation of thinking about political Islamism and a compelling read for anyone interested in contemporary Islam, current affairs and US foreign policy. Dabashi drives his well-supported and thoroughly documented points steadily forward in an earnest and highly readable style.

Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415771559ISBN-10:415771552UPC:9780415771559Book Category:Political Science, Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:International Relations, Islam, Regional StudiesBook Topic:TheologySize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCPJXCWF30

Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York, USA. He is the author of several books including: Authority in Islam: From the Rise of Muhammad to the Establishment of the Umayyads (1989/1992); Iran: A People Interrupted (2007); Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundations of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (1993/2005); Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema (edited with an Introduction, 2006); and Close up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, Future (2001).


Publisher: Routledge

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Hamid Dabashi

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