Islam Through Western Eyes

Author : Jonathan Lyons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : East and West
ISBN : 0231158947

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Islam Through Western Eyes by Jonathan Lyons Pdf

In this ground-breaking book, Jonathan Lyons unpacks Western habits of thinking and writing about Islam, conducting a careful analysis of the West's grand totalizing narrative across one thousand years of history. He observes the discourse's corrosive effects on the social sciences, including sociology, politics, philosophy, theology, international relations, security studies, and human rights scholarship. Following its influence on research, speeches, political strategy, and government policy, Lyons concludes that this persistent narrative prevents the West from responding effectively to the rise of Islamic powers, the emergence of religious violence and sectarianism, and the growing tension between established social values and multicultural rights among Muslim immigrant populations.

Author : Jonathan Lyons
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231158954

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Islam Through Western Eyes by Jonathan Lyons Pdf

Despite the West's growing involvement in Muslim societies, conflicts, and cultures, its inability to understand or analyze the Islamic world threatens any prospect for East–West rapprochement. Impelled by one thousand years of anti-Muslim ideas and images, the West has failed to engage in any meaningful or productive way with the world of Islam. Formulated in the medieval halls of the Roman Curia and courts of the European Crusaders and perfected in the newsrooms of Fox News and CNN, this anti-Islamic discourse determines what can and cannot be said about Muslims and their religion, trapping the West in a dangerous, dead-end politics that it cannot afford. In Islam Through Western Eyes, Jonathan Lyons unpacks Western habits of thinking and writing about Islam, conducting a careful analysis of the West's grand totalizing narrative across one thousand years of history. He observes the discourse’s corrosive effects on the social sciences, including sociology, politics, philosophy, theology, international relations, security studies, and human rights scholarship. He follows its influence on research, speeches, political strategy, and government policy, preventing the West from responding effectively to its most significant twenty-first-century challenges: the rise of Islamic power, the emergence of religious violence, and the growing tension between established social values and multicultural rights among Muslim immigrant populations. Through the intellectual "archaeology" of Michel Foucault, Lyons reveals the workings of this discourse and its underlying impact on our social, intellectual, and political lives. He then addresses issues of deep concern to Western readers—Islam and modernity, Islam and violence, and Islam and women—and proposes new ways of thinking about the Western relationship to the Islamic world.

Author : Michael Greenhalgh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004540873

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Islamic Architecture through Western Eyes: Volume 2 by Michael Greenhalgh Pdf

This volume, the second of three, offers an anthology of Western descriptions of Islamic religious buildings in Syria, Egypt and North Africa, mostly from the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries, taken from travel books and ambassadorial reports. (The third volume will deal with Islamic palaces around the Mediterranean.) As travel became easier and cheaper, thanks to better roads, steamships, hotels and railways, tourist numbers increased, museums accumulated eastern treasures, illustrated journals proliferated, and photography provided accurate data. All three deal with the impact of Western trade, taste and imports on the East, and examine the encroachment of westernised modernism.

Author : Mujtabá Mūsavī Lārī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : UVA:X030142822

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Western Civilisation Through Muslim Eyes by Mujtabá Mūsavī Lārī Pdf

Author : Michael Greenhalgh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Islamic architecture
ISBN : 9004541071

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Islamic Architecture Through Western Eyes by Michael Greenhalgh Pdf

Author : Michael Greenhalgh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004524859

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Islamic Architecture through Western Eyes: Spain, Turkey, India and Persia by Michael Greenhalgh Pdf

An anthology of mainly 17th to early 20th-century Western published descriptions of Islamic religious buildings in Spain, Turkey, India and Persia, charting decoration, dilapidation and restoration, as well as the impact of Western trade, taste and imports on the East.

Author : JamesG. Harper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351539869

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"The Turk and Islam in the Western Eye, 1450?750 " by JamesG. Harper Pdf

Unprecedented in its range - extending from Venice to the New World and from the Holy Roman Empire to the Ottoman Empire - this collection probes the place that the Ottoman Turks occupied in the Western imaginaire, and the ways in which this occupation expressed itself in the visual arts. Individual essays in this volume examine specific images or groups of images, problematizing the 'truths' they present and analyzing the contexts that shape the presentation of Ottoman or Islamic subject matter in European art. The contributors trace the transmission of early modern images and representations across national boundaries and across centuries to show how, through processes of translation that often involved multiple stages, the figure of the Turk (and by extension that of the Muslim) underwent a multiplicity of interpretations that reflect and reveal Western needs, anxieties and agendas. The essays reveal how anachronisms and inaccuracies mingled with careful detail to produce a "Turk," a figure which became a presence to reckon with in painting, sculpture, tapestry and printmaking.

Author : Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1494867176

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Western Civilization Through Muslim Eyes by Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari Pdf

This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Ahlulbayt Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. You may read this book carefully and should you be interested to have further study on such publications you can contact us through www.shia.es Naturally, if we find you to be a keen and energetic reader we shall give you a deserving response in sending you some other publications of this Organization.

Author : Sayyid Mujtaba Musawi Lari
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 151923211X

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Western Civilization Through Muslim Eyes by Sayyid Mujtaba Musawi Lari Pdf

The Author in the book highlights and answers some of the vital questions like: What is the position of Islam today, what is its task and what role should it and could it be playing in helping mankind out of the morass into which the divisive materialism of East and West threaten to plunge us one and all?This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Ahlulbayt Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Ahlulbayt Organization (www.shia.es) is a registered Organization that operates and is sustained through collaborative efforts of volunteers in many countries around the world, and it welcomes your involvement and support. Its objectives are numerous, yet its main goal is to spread the truth about the Islamic faith in general and the Shi`a School of Thought in particular due to the latter being misrepresented, misunderstood and its tenets often assaulted by many ignorant folks, Muslims and non-Muslims. Organization's purpose is to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge through a global medium, the Internet, to locations where such resources are not commonly or easily accessible or are resented, resisted and fought! In addition, For a complete list of our published books please refer to our website (www.shia.es) or send us an email to [email protected]

Author : Tareq Y. Ismael,Andrew Rippin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136990182

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Islam in the Eyes of the West by Tareq Y. Ismael,Andrew Rippin Pdf

From the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York to the Madrid and London bombings of 2004 and 2005, the presence of Muslim communities in the West has generated security issues and major political concern. The government, the media, and the general public have raised questions regarding potential links between Western Muslims, radical Islam and terrorism. This speculation has given rise to popular myths concerning the Islamic world and led to a host of illiberal measures such as illegal warranting, denial of Habeas Corpus, "black prisons" and extreme torture throughout the democratic world. This book challenges the authenticity of these myths and examines the ways in which they have been used to provide an ideological cover for the "war on terror" and the subsequent Iraq war. It argues that they are not only unfounded and hollow, but have also served a dangerous purpose, namely war-mongering and the empowering of the national-security state. It further considers the origin and transmission of these myths, focusing on media, government policy and popular discourse.

Author : Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 154671216X

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Western Civilization Through Muslim Eyes by Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari Pdf

This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Mustafa Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Mustafa Organization is a registered Organization that operates and is sustained through collaborative efforts of volunteers in many countries around the world, and it welcomes your involvement and support. Its objectives are numerous, yet its main goal is to spread the truth about the Islamic faith in general and the Shi`a School of Thought in particular due to the latter being misrepresented, misunderstood and its tenets often assaulted by many ignorant folks, Muslims and non-Muslims. Organization's purpose is to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge through a global medium, the Internet, to locations where such resources are not commonly or easily accessible or are resented, resisted and fought!

Author : Tamim Ansary
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781458760210

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Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary Pdf

"In Destiny Disrupted, Ansary tells the rich story of world history as it looks from that other perspective. With the evolution of the Muslim community at the center, his story moves from the lifetime of Mohammed through a succession of far-flung empires, to the struggles and ideological movements that have wracked the Muslim world in recent centuries, to the tangle of modern conflicts that culminated in the events of 9/11. He introduces the key people, events, ideas, legends, religious disputes, and turning points of world history from that other perspective, recounting not only what happened but how those events were interpreted and understood in that framework. He clarifies why these two great civilizations grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe - a place it long perceived as primitive - had somehow hijacked destiny."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Robert Letham
Publisher : Mentor
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-20
Category : Reformed Church
ISBN : 1845502477

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Through Western Eyes by Robert Letham Pdf

The culture of the Eastern Church, to many, is alien. Yet there are recognizable family resemblances. This book aims to start to get to know one another again from a Reformed Protestant perspective.

Author : Jonathan Johansen
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1404205381

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Critical Perspectives on Islam and the Western World by Jonathan Johansen Pdf

Primary and secondary source documents discuss the Islamic view of Western culture, the Western perspective on Islam, the confrontation of the two cultures, jihad, and Islam in Europe.

Author : Mehmet Karabela
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000369816

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Islamic Thought Through Protestant Eyes by Mehmet Karabela Pdf

Early modern Protestant scholars closely engaged with Islamic thought in more ways than is usually recognized. Among Protestants, Lutheran scholars distinguished themselves as the most invested in the study of Islam and Muslim culture. Mehmet Karabela brings the neglected voices of post-Reformation theologians, primarily German Lutherans, into focus and reveals their rigorous engagement with Islamic thought. Inspired by a global history approach to religious thought, Islamic Thought Through Protestant Eyes offers new sources to broaden the conventional interpretation of the Reformation beyond a solely European Christian phenomenon. Based on previously unstudied dissertations, disputations, and academic works written in Latin in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Karabela analyzes three themes: Islam as theology and religion; Islamic philosophy and liberal arts; and Muslim sects (Sunni and Shi‘a). This book provides analyses and translations of the Latin texts as well as brief biographies of the authors. These texts offer insight into the Protestant perception of Islamic thought for scholars of religious studies and Islamic studies as well as for general readers. Examining the influence of Islamic thought on the construction of the Protestant identity after the Reformation helps us to understand the role of Islam in the evolution of Christianity.