Globalization and the Muslim World: Culture, Religion, and Modernity

by Birgit Schaebler (Editor), Leif Stenberg (Editor)

Overview

Written by scholars from a range of disciplines concerned with the Middle East and Islam (history, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, political science) and covering the Muslim world extensively (from Malaysia, Turkey, Sudan, Egypt, and Israel/Palestine to Muslim communities in Europe and the United States), this important contribution to the debate on globalization sets a standard in dealing with this pervasive force in the field of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815630494
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2004
Series:	Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.32(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Birgit Schaebler is professor of West Asian history at the University of Erfurt, Germany. Leif Stenberg is associate professor of Islamic studies at Lund University and in religious studies at Växjö University, Sweden.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Contributors	xi
	Introduction	xv
Part 1	Globalization Discussed
1.	Civilizing Others: Global Modernity and the Local Boundaries (French/German, Ottoman, and Arab) of Savagery	3
2.	Subduing Globalization: The Challenge of the Indigenization Movement	30
3.	Subjectivity, Political Evaluation, and Islamist Trajectories	39
4.	Islam in the West: Modernity and Globalization Revisited	80
5.	Islam, Knowledge, and "the West": The Making of a Global Islam	93
Part 2	Globalization Experienced and Practiced
6.	Globalization, Migration, and Identity: Sudan, 1800-2000	113
7.	Globalization and the Internet: The Malaysian Experience	138
8.	The Global Mufti	153
9.	Where Does Globalization Take Place? Opportunities and Limitations for Female Activists in Turkish Islamist Non-Governmental Organizations	166
10.	From Postmodernism to "Glocalism": Toward a Theoretical Understanding of Contemporary Arab Muslim Constructions of Religious Others	188
11.	The Scandal of Literalism in Hamas, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and Beyond	206
	Works Cited	225
	Index	253
	Figures
3.1.	Subjectivity, Ideology, and Globalization	59
3.2.	"Degrees" of Fundamentalism	62
7.1.	Malaysia Economic Growth Projection	140
	Tables
3.1.	Redefining and Modeling Globalization	56
3.2.	Islamism and Globalization	69
7.1.	Internet Hosts by Region per 10,000 People (January 2000)	142
7.2.	Internet Hosts by Country per 10,000 People (January 2000)	143

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Carl Ernst

"Fresh and interesting. . . . The case studies are rich in data, and the theoretical and historical studies are nuanced and insightful. . . . Because of the widespread belief in a "clash of civilizations," both in popular forms and in parts of the academy, the subtle yet powerful critique that this book offers is timely, important, and valuable."
—University of North Carolina

Editorial Reviews

Fresh and interesting. . . . The case studies are rich in data, and the theoretical and historical studies are nuanced and insightful. . . . Because of the widespread belief in a 'clash of civilizations,' both in popular forms and in pares of the academy, che subcle yec powerful critique that' this book offers is timely, important, and valuable.

University of North Carolina Carl Ernst

Fresh and interesting. . . . The case studies are rich in data, and the theoretical and historical studies are nuanced and insightful. . . . Because of the widespread belief in a 'clash of civilizations, ' both in popular forms and in pares of the academy, che subcle yec powerful critique that' this book offers is timely, important, and valuable.-- "Carl Ernst, University of North Carolina"

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