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OCCIDENTALISM: A Short History of Anti-Westernism (SIGNED COPY) A groundbreaking investigation into the hostile stereotypes of the Western world that fuel the hatred at the heart of movements such as

– Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit

Atlantic Books
2005
Pages : pp.165
ISBN : 1843542889
Condition : Softcover As NEW

A groundbreaking investigation into the hostile stereotypes of the Western world that fuel the hatred at the heart of movements such as Al Qaeda.
Well-published scholars Buruma (Luce Professor of Human Rights & Journalism, Bard Coll., and a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books) and Margalit (Schulman Professor of Philosophy, Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem) provide a brief but engaging discussion of the East/West cultural fault line. They seek to explain how the "dehumanizing" picture of the West-which they call "Occidentalism"-originated and developed. Using examples from various settings, the authors discuss how Western misconceptions and stereotypes emerged in different countries and how anti-Western cultural mindsets have perpetuated Occidentalism in the contemporary world, especially in Islamic countries. At times, the authors tend to oversimplify modern Islamism and mistakenly treat it as a monolith. Nonetheless, this is an important book on a topic that deserves to be treated seriously by scholars and concerned citizens alike. A complement to the larger works of Bernard Lewis (e.g., The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror), it is recommended for public and academic libraries.
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