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The Idea of the Muslim World - A Global Intellectual History (Paperback)
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The Idea of the Muslim World - A Global Intellectual History (Paperback)
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Loot Price R468
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"Superb... A tour de force." -Ebrahim Moosa "Provocative... Aydin
ranges over the centuries to show the relative novelty of the idea
of a Muslim world and the relentless efforts to exploit that idea
for political ends." -Washington Post When President Obama visited
Cairo to address Muslims worldwide, he followed in the footsteps of
countless politicians who have taken the existence of a unified
global Muslim community for granted. But as Cemil Aydin explains in
this provocative history, it is a misconception to think that the
world's 1.5 billion Muslims constitute a single entity. How did
this belief arise, and why is it so widespread? The Idea of the
Muslim World considers its origins and reveals the consequences of
its enduring allure. "Much of today's media commentary traces
current trouble in the Middle East back to the emergence of
'artificial' nation states after the fall of the Ottoman Empire...
According to this narrative...today's unrest is simply a belated
product of that mistake. The Idea of the Muslim World is a bracing
rebuke to such simplistic conclusions." -Times Literary Supplement
"It is here that Aydin's book proves so valuable: by revealing how
the racial, civilizational, and political biases that emerged in
the nineteenth century shape contemporary visions of the Muslim
world." -Foreign Affairs
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