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The Miseducation of the West - How Schools and the Media Distort Our Understanding of the Islamic World (Hardcover)
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The Miseducation of the West - How Schools and the Media Distort Our Understanding of the Islamic World (Hardcover)
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The Miseducation of the West examines the ways in which educational
institutions such as media and schools have shaped Western views of
Islam. The nature of these messages tells readers as much, if not
more, about Western self-images as they do about Islam and Islamic
peoples. Quickly emerging is a Western perspective on the "other."
Westerners found easy justification for the colonial conquest of
many Islamic lands. In the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries
England, France, and to a lesser extent Russia colonized much of
the Mulsim world with the United States entering the picture after
World War II. Economic colonialization, the oil business,
interference with various governments, and the way these events and
people are represented in the formal curriculum of schools and the
informal curriculum of the media are central dimensions of this
work. The contemporary expression of these stories involve the Bush
administration's and its conservative allies' efforts to teach the
nation about the true meaning of 9/11 and Islamic terrorism. In
various reports, conservative organizations with close ties to the
Bush White House, present forceful views of what historical
concepts should be taught in U.S. schools. As Joe L. Kincheloe
states in his thoughtful introduction, these efforts "represent a
return to a 1954 view of America as the bearer of the democratic
torch to the anti-democratic forces of the world. A critical
education must counter such tendencies and work to conceptualize
9/11 in a variety of contexts." The essayists in this book write
with different voices from diverse viewpoints, contributing to a
discussion that will not end for years to come.
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