Orientalists, Islamists and the Global Public Sphere (English, Dietrich Jung)

About the Book

In light of the ongoing public debate that focuses on differences between Islam and the West, this book suggests a change of perspective. It departs from the observation that both western Orientalists and Islamist activists have defined Islam similarly as an all-encompassing religious, political and social system. In shifting from differences to similarities, it leaves behind the increasingly circular debate about the true nature of Islam in whic…

ISBN: 9781845539009