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.
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