Mirror For Our Times

'The Rushdie Affair' and the Future of Multiculturalism

AvPaul Weller

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Beskrivning

26th September 2008 marks the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of The Satanic Verses controversy - a controversy that in many ways became paradigmatic for the following two decades. Taking as its starting-point the opening two years of the controversy, Paul Weller uses the events and arguments of those years as a lens through which to view what later developed, both in relation to the controversy itself, but also its wider entails, and the incidents and issues through which aspects of the original controversy were reprised. The anniversary of the controversy presents a good opportunity to review the incidents, issues and debates of the time in some historical perspective, while also connecting them with subsequent incidents that have reprised some of the key themes, such as the 'cartoons' controversy, the terror attacks of 9/11 and 7/7, and the killing of the Dutch filmmaker, Theo Van Gogh. The book holds up a mirror for our times that will be of interest to academics, politicians, students, and religious believers, as well as to all who are engaged with the twenty-first century challenges posed by living with radical difference, freedom of expression, and mutual respect, with exploring the relationship between religion and secularity, and with overcoming the threats posed by religiously informed violence.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-02-22
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441148834
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation

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Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Paul Weller is University REF and Research Student Academic Manager & Professor of Inter-Religious Relations at the University of Derby and Visiting Fellow in the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, UK.

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"This book reflects many years of research by Professor Paul Weller. It uses the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Rushdie Affair to reflect on the relation between Islam in all its various forms on European society and more generally on the nature of multicultural society. It will be widely referred to by all those interested" - Professor John Rex, The University of Warwick, UK

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: A Look in the Mirror Chronology of Key Events 1: The Contours of the ControversySalman Rushdie and The Satanic VersesLiterary and Critical ResponsesFrom Lobbying to Book-Burning and DemonstrationsThe Political and Legal ArenasThe Fatwa: Its International Context and RepercussionsThe Continuing Controversy2: Actions and Reactions in the ControversyMuslim ConcernsThe Spectrum of Muslim ResponsesRushdie's ReactionsPolitical ReactionsMedia and Social ReactionsChristian ReactionsOther Religious ReactionsInter-Faith and Cross-Community ReactionsThe 'Entails' of the Controversy 3: Through the Looking GlassThe Controversy as Magnifying GlassBelieving and BelongingReligion and the SecularReligion, Art and Values in ContentionLaw in Contention: Rights and RestraintsPolitical Representation and Participation in a Plural Society4: Echoes, Reverberations and 'Social Policy Shock'On the Other Side of Terror/The War on TerrorBombings and 'Hard' WarsCulture and 'Soft' Wars (Continued)'Glocalism', Globalization and Media AgeReligious Radicalism, 'Otherness', Freedom, Terror and Public PolicyIncitement to Hatred, Conspiracy Theories and IslamophobiaAnti-Catholicism and Islamophobia, Past and PresentSocial Policy Challenges, Legal Developments and Religious ResponsibilitiesConcluding Notes Towards a Common FutureA Wise Nation/World?Bibliography Index