Perceptions of Islam in Europe

Culture, Identity and the Muslim 'Other'

AvHakan Yilmaz,Cagla E. Aykac

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Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

For centuries, the Islamic world has been represented as the 'other' within European identity constructions - an 'other' perceived to be increasingly at odds with European forms of modernity and culture. With the perceived gap between Islam and Europe widening, leading scholars in this work come together to provide genuine and realistic analyses about perceptions of Islam in the West. The book bridges these analyses with in-depth case studies from Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and other parts of the European Union. This study goes beyond the usual dichotomies of 'clashes of civilizations' and 'cultural conflict' to try to understand the numerous, diverse and multifaceted ways - some conflictual, some peaceful - in which cultural exchanges have taken place historically, and which continue to take place, between the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-04-24
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781786723697
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Hakan Yilmaz is Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University, Istanbul. Educated at Bogazici University, he holds a PhD from the Department of Political Science, Columbia University. He is the author of Placing Turkey on the Map of Europe (2005), as well as various chapters and articles in journals such as the Middle East Journal. Cagla E. Aykac is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Fatih University, Istanbul. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris. Educated at Brown University and Bogazici University, she has worked as a researcher for private and public institutions such as the Open Society Institute (OSI), the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the European Research Council (ERC).

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceIntroductionTHEORETICAL ESSAYSIslam and European Modernity in Historical Perspective: Towards a Cosmopolitan PerspectiveGerard DelantyRethinking Gender Roles in Europe through Encounters with IslamDeniz KandiyotiIslam: Western Modes of Use and AbuseStephanos PesmazoglouConstructions of European Identity in Relation to the Muslim 'Oher'during the Age of GlobalisationJeffrey HaynesEuropeanization and de-Europeanization of IslamSia AnagnostopoulouCASE STUDIESIslam and the European Union: Exploring the Issue of DiscriminationÇagla E. AykaçFrom Polish Muslims to Muslims in Poland: There and BackKatarzyna Górak-SosnowskaImagining Islam: European Encounters with the Muslim World through the Lens of German TextbooksGerdien JonkerTeaching Integration: Shifting Notions of the Place of Religion in the Public Sphere in the NetherlandsWelmoet BoenderInstitutionalization of Islam in France: the Case of the French Council of Muslim WorshipAmel BoubekeurInstitutionalizing British and Italian Islam: Attitudes and PoliciesSara SilvestriTransformations of Islamism and Changing Perceptions of Europe in TurkeyKenan Cayir