Understanding Islam and the West /

Lean, Nathan Chapman,

Understanding Islam and the West / Nathan Lean. - London Rowman & Littlefield 2018 - xv, 215 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index.

A clash of civilizations or a clash of representations? -- Identity politics -- Reversing rhetorical foundations -- From prose to policy: a discourse of dualism -- Foreign enemies, domestic threats, and the media -- Religion, language and society -- The misappropriation of Arabic words -- The soft prejudice of Western expectations -- A clash of representations -- The new ism enemy: Islamism -- The illogical search for moderate Muslims -- Understanding the West as an ideological enemy.

9781786602091 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781786602107 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2017056507


Islam.
Islam and politics.


Islamic countries--Foreign relations--Western countries.
Western countries--Foreign relations--Islamic countries.

BP50 LEA / .L43 2018

BP 50 LEA