A metahistory of the clash of civilisations : us and them beyond Orientalism /
Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin,
A metahistory of the clash of civilisations : us and them beyond Orientalism / Arshin Adib-Moghaddam. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume presents a history of the idea of the 'Clash of Civilisations' with particular reference to the myth of an inevitable confrontation between Islam and the West. It delves into history all the way back to the wars between Persia and Greece, the Crusades, Colonialism and the Enlightenment and brings this analysis forward to the contemporary 'war on terror'.
9780190235611 (ebook) : No price
East and West.
Culture conflict--History.
Civilization, Western--Islamic influences.
Islamic civilization--Western influences.
Western countries--Relations--Islamic countries.
Islamic countries--Relations--Western countries.
CB251 / .A24 2014
909.09821
A metahistory of the clash of civilisations : us and them beyond Orientalism / Arshin Adib-Moghaddam. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume presents a history of the idea of the 'Clash of Civilisations' with particular reference to the myth of an inevitable confrontation between Islam and the West. It delves into history all the way back to the wars between Persia and Greece, the Crusades, Colonialism and the Enlightenment and brings this analysis forward to the contemporary 'war on terror'.
9780190235611 (ebook) : No price
East and West.
Culture conflict--History.
Civilization, Western--Islamic influences.
Islamic civilization--Western influences.
Western countries--Relations--Islamic countries.
Islamic countries--Relations--Western countries.
CB251 / .A24 2014
909.09821