Islam is a burning topic in modern scholarship and contemporary
world affairs. It is a subject poorly understood by Western
observers, and in this book Professor Montgomery Watt takes a
significant step towards its demystification. Montgomery Watt
examines the crucial questions of traditional world-view and
self-image which dominate the thinking of Muslims today. This
traditional self-image causes them to perceive world events in a
different perspective from Westerners - a fact not always
appreciated by the foreign ministries of Western powers. Professor
Watt presents a brilliant and critical analysis of the traditional
Islamic self-image, showing how it distorts Western modernism and
restricts Muslims to a peripheral role in world affairs. In a
scholarly and incisive way, he traces this harmful image to its
origins in the medieval period and then to the traumatic exposure
of Muslims to the West in modern times. He argues that Muslim
culture is suffering from a dangerous introspection, and in his
closing chapters presents a constructive criticism of contemporary
Islam, aimed at contributing to a truer, more realistic Islamic
self-image for today. First published in 1988.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Library Editions: Politics of Islam |
Release date: |
May 2015 |
First published: |
1987 |
Authors: |
William Montgomery Watt
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
168 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-91265-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
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LSN: |
1-138-91265-4 |
Barcode: |
9781138912656 |
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