Perceptions of Islam in Europe: Culture, Identity and the Muslim 'Other' (Library of Modern Religion) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848851642 ISBN 13: 9781848851641

Publisher: I.B.Tauris, 2012

Synopsis

For centuries, the Islamic world has been represented as the ‘other’ within European identity constructions -- an ‘other’ perceived to be increasingly at odds with European forms of modernity and culture. With the perceived gap between Islam and Europe widening, leading scholars in this work come together to provide genuine and realistic analyses about perceptions of Islam in the West. The book bridges these analyses with in-depth case studies from Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and other parts of the European Union. This study goes beyond the usual dichotomies of ""clashes of civilizations"" and ""cultural conflict"" to try to understand the numerous, diverse and multifaceted ways -- some conflictual, some peaceful -- in which cultural exchanges have taken place historically, and which continue to take place, between the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.

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About the Author

Hakan Yilmaz is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Bogaziçi University, Turkey. Çagla E. Aykaç holds a PhD in Sociology from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

Edition details

• Publisher: I.B.Tauris
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848851642
• ISBN 13: 9781848851641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Yilmaz Hakan, Aykaç Çagla E.