Islam and the Orientalist World-system (Paperback)

Featuring Immanuel Wallerstein, Joseph Massad, Marnia Lazreg, and other well-known and emerging new authors, this book seeks a more accurate understanding of Islam and Islamic societies role and relations to global cultural and economic realities. The book confronts a trend today of analyzing Islam as a cultural system that stands outside of, and even predates, modernity. The authors see this trend as part of a racist discourse unaware of the realities of contemporary Islam. Islamic societies today are products of the world capitalist system and cannot be understood as being separate from its forces. The authors offer a more carefully constructed and richer portrait of Islamic societies today while forcefully challenging the belief that Islam is not part of, nor much affected by, the modern world-system.

General

Imprint:	Paradigm Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Political Economy of the World-System Annuals
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Khaldoun Samman • Mazhar Al-Zo'by
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	246
ISBN-13:	978-1-59451-519-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Islamic studies
LSN:	1-59451-519-0
Barcode:	9781594515194

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