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Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism - The Limits of Postmodern Analysis (Paperback)
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Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism - The Limits of Postmodern Analysis (Paperback)
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A highly controversial intervention into the debate on
postmodernism and feminism, this book looks at what happens when
these modes of analysis are jointly employed to illuminate the
sexual politics of Islam. As a religion, Islam has been demonized
for its gender practices like no other. This book analyzes that
Orientalism, with particular reference to representations of Muslim
women and describes the real sexual politics of Islam. The author
goes on to describe the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the
West's response to it. She argues that regardless of the
sophisticated argument of postmodernists and their suspicion of
power, as an intellectual and political movement postmodernism has
put itself in the service of power and the status quo. Moghissi
brilliantly demonstrates how this trend has given rise to a
neo-conservative feminism. A major feminist critique of Islamic
fundamentalism, this book asks some hard questions of those who, in
denouncing the racism of Western feminism, have taken up an
uncritical embrace of the Islamic identity of Muslim women. It is
urgent reading for all those concerned about human rights, as well
as for students and academics of women's studies, political
science, social theory and religious studies.
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