Unveiling Traditions ：Postcolonial Islam in a Polycentric World

Publication subTitle ：Postcolonial Islam in a Polycentric World

Author： Anouar Majid  

Publisher： Duke University Press‎

Publication year： 2000

E-ISBN: 9780822380542

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780822326236

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780822326298

Subject： B96 伊斯兰教（回教）

Keyword： Islam -- 20th century., Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Islam., Islam -- Economic aspects., Islam and world politics., Europe -- Relations -- Islamic countries., Islamic countries -- Relations -- Europe., Islamic countries -- Politics and government.

Language： ENG

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In Unveiling Traditions Anouar Majid issues a challenge to the West to reimagine Islam as a progressive world culture and a participant in the building of a multicultural and more egalitarian world civilization. From within the highly secularized space it inhabits, a space endemically suspicious of religion, the West must find a way, writes Majid, to embrace Islamic societies as partners in building a more inclusive and culturally diverse global community.
Majid moves beyond Edward Said’s unmasking of orientalism in the West to examine the intellectual assumptions that have prevented a more nuanced understanding of Islam’s legacies. In addition to questioning the pervasive logic that assumes the “naturalness” of European social and political organizations, he argues that it is capitalism that has intensified cultural misunderstanding and created global tensions. Besides examining the resiliency of orientalism, the author critically examines the ideologies of nationalism and colonialist categories that have redefined the identity of Muslims (especially Arabs and Africans) in the modern age and totally remapped their cultural geographies. Majid is aware of the need for Muslims to rethink their own assumptions. Addressing the crisis in Arab-Muslim thought caused by a desire to simultaneously “catch up” with the West and also preserve Muslim cultural authenticity, he challenges Arab and Muslim intellectuals to imagine a post-

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Contents

Contents

Contents

Preface

Preface

Preface

Introduction: Villainies Veiled and Unveiled

Introduction: Villainies Veiled and Unveiled

Introduction: Villainies Veiled and Unveiled

1. Can the Postcolonial Critic Speak? Orientalismand the Rushdie A√air

1. Can the Postcolonial Critic Speak? Orientalismand the Rushdie A√air

1. Can the Postcolonial Critic Speak? Orientalismand the Rushdie A√air

2. Millennium without Arabs?

2. Millennium without Arabs?

2. Millennium without Arabs?

3. The North as Apocalypse

3. The North as Apocalypse

3. The North as Apocalypse

4. Women’s Freedom in Muslim Spaces

4. Women’s Freedom in Muslim Spaces

4. Women’s Freedom in Muslim Spaces

Conclusion: Indispensable Polycentricity

Conclusion: Indispensable Polycentricity

Conclusion: Indispensable Polycentricity

Notes

Notes

Notes

Index

Index

Index

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