基本説明
Leading scholars in this work come together to provide genuine and realistic analyses about perceptions of Islam in the West.
Full Description
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.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
THEORETICAL ESSAYS
Islam and European Modernity in Historical Perspective: Towards a Cosmopolitan Perspective
Gerard Delanty
Rethinking Gender Roles in Europe through Encounters with Islam
Deniz Kandiyoti
Islam: Western Modes of Use and Abuse
Stephanos Pesmazoglou
Constructions of European Identity in Relation to the Muslim 'Oher'during the Age of Globalisation
Jeffrey Haynes
Europeanization and de-Europeanization of Islam
Sia Anagnostopoulou
CASE STUDIES
Islam and the European Union: Exploring the Issue of Discrimination
Çagla E. Aykaç
From Polish Muslims to Muslims in Poland: There and Back
Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska
Imagining Islam: European Encounters with the Muslim World through the Lens of German Textbooks
Gerdien Jonker
Teaching Integration: Shifting Notions of the Place of Religion in the Public Sphere in the Netherlands
Welmoet Boender
Institutionalization of Islam in France: the Case of the French Council of Muslim Worship
Amel Boubekeur
Institutionalizing British and Italian Islam: Attitudes and Policies
Sara Silvestri
Transformations of Islamism and Changing Perceptions of Europe in Turkey
Kenan Cayir
