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Islam and the West: Conflict, democracy, identity
Bilgrami, Akeel
Bilgrami, Akeel
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Abstract
This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the Western media today by looking to the abiding history of colonial relations with Islam down to this day and also looking to the relation between ideals of democracy and the formation of religious identities. The essay closes with some remarks about the nature of identity and the importance to one’s own agency of the distinction between the first and the third person point of view in Muslim self-understanding.
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clash of civilizations; colonialism; democracy; identity; imperialism; Islam
Date
2012
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Journal article
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Philosophy and Social Criticism
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38
Issue
4-5
Page Range
477-483
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Institute for Social Justice
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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