Malady of Islam

by Abdelwahab Meddeb

Book Overview

In this impassioned, erudite, and deeply moving book, Abdelwahab Meddeb, born and raised in Tunis and now living in Paris, details the breadth and scope of the Arab intellectual tradition and dismantles common preconceptions held by the Islamic and Western worlds. He describes the growing resentment between the West and the Islamic world as being due, in large part, to Islam's drift away from its own pluralist tradition. Tracing the history of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465044352
• ISBN13: 9780465044351
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"