Freedom and Orthodoxy: Islam and Difference in the Post-Andalusian Age

by Anouar Majid and Majid

Book Overview

This book argues that the "clash of civilizations" that is supposed to be a feature of the post-Cold War environment is not necessarily caused by the dogma of world religions or cultural incompatibilities but by the inflexible and hegemonic universalisms that have characterized world history since 1492-a cultural outlook that Majid terms post-Andalusianism. The all-encompassing worldviews of Euro-American ideologies have resulted in the retreat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804749809
• ISBN13: 9780804749800
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.5"