As the events and aftermath of 9/11 have shown, the relationship between Islam and the West is deeply troubled. Here Mohammad Salama calls for a new understanding of Islam as a historical condition that has existed in relationship to the West since the seventh century. He compar…
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Annotation As the events and aftermath of 9/11 have shown, the relationship between Islam and the West is deeply troubled. InIslam, Orientalism and Intellectual History, Mohammad Salama calls for a new understanding of Islam as a historical condition that has existed in relation…
Focusing on Ibn Khaldun, the complexities of orientalism and modernity, and recent European as well as Arab writings on these themes, this book is essential for all those interested in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Western and Islamic philosophies of history, and modernity.
