Social, Economic And Political Studies Of The Middle East And Asia, The Islamic World And The West: An Introduction To Political Cultures And International Relations (technology And Change In History)

The anthology is an introduction to political cultures in the Islamic world and into relations between the West and Islam. It outlines similarities and differences in the understanding, perception and communication of basic politico-ideological issues like modernity democracy, human rights, violence, the emancipation of women, and economic development and social justice. It details its analyses in country studies on relations between the USA and Europe on the one side and Algeria, Iran, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Bosnia, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Central Asia and Pakistan on the other side. The book, which was first published in Germany, was deemed to be "a convincing reply to Huntington" (Suddeutsche Zeitung). Mostly German scholars and scholars working in Germany present original insights into a complex matter that although at the heart of international and intercultural relations is often treated in simplistic ways. Contents......Page 6 Editor’s preface to the English edition......Page 8 Foreword......Page 12 INTRODUCTION......Page 18 Islam and the West: The clash of politicised perceptions......Page 20 PART I: BASIC ISSUES......Page 36 Is there an Islamic modernity?......Page 38 Visions of an Islamic Republic. Good governance according to the Islamists......Page 50 Universalism versus relativism. On the necessity of intercultural dialogue on human rights......Page 63 From exotic harem beauty to Islamic fundamentalist. Women in Islam......Page 74 West-eastern cultures of fear: Violence and terrorism in Islam......Page 87 Islamic economics: dogma or science?......Page 103 PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES......Page 118 Support for democracy or fear of Islamism? Europe and Algeria......Page 120 Iran: Towards an end of anti-Western isolationism?......Page 144 They dare to speak out. Changes in the political culture of Egypt, Morocco and the Arab world......Page 163 Secularism and Islamism in Turkey......Page 178 Neither a religious war nor ethnic hatred. Bosnian Muslims between partition, the superpowers and Islamic solidarity......Page 193 Oslo: a model for peace in the Middle East? Israel and the Palestinians......Page 205 Iraq as a Golem. Identity crises of a Western creation......Page 221 Atheistic Muslims. Soviet legacy and Islamic tradition in Central Asia and the Caucasus......Page 234 Pakistan’s "Islamic" atom bomb......Page 248 F......Page 260 I......Page 261 U......Page 262 Z......Page 263 This anthology is an introduction to political cultures in the Islamic world and into relations between the West and Islam. It outlines similarities and differences in the understanding, perception and communication of politico-ideological issues like modernity democracy and human rights. The anthology is an introduction to political cultures in the Islamic world and into relations between the West and Islam. It details its analysis in country studies on Algeria, Iran, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Bosnia, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Central Asia and Pakistan. Edited By Kai Hafez ; With A Foreword By Mohammed Arkoun And Udo Steinbach ; Translated From The German By Mary Ann Kenny. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.