Islam Encountering Globalisation

by Ali Mohammadi (Editor)

Overview

One of the greatest dilemmas facing Muslims today is the fact that Muslim culture is often seemingly incompatible with the culture of the modern Western world, and the features associated with it - technological progress, consumerism, and new electronic communication, all of which have the potential for a homogenizing effect on any culture. This book explores many key aspects of the globalisation process, discussing how Muslim countries are coping with globalisation, as well as considering how the West is responding to Islam.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136133145
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/12/2012
Series:	Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Ali Mohammadi is Reader in International Communication and Cultural Studies at The Nottingham Trent University. His recent publications are Globalization and Recolonization: The Muslim World in the 21st Century, with Muhammad Ahsan (Taha, 2002), Iran and Eurasia, co-edited with A. Ehteshami (Ithaca Press, 2000), International Communication and Globalisation: A Critical Introduction (Sage, 1997) and ‘Electronic Empires: An Islamic Perspective’, in Electronic Empires (Arnold, 1998).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Islam encountering globalization, Mike Featherstone; Chapter 2 West encountering Islam, Fred Halliday; Chapter 3 Muslim encounters with new media; Chapter 4 Reimagining the ummah?, Peter G. Mandaville; Chapter 5 Islam and human rights in the age of globalization, Mahmood Monshipouri; Chapter 6 The culture and politics of human rights in the context of Islam, Ali Mohammadi; Chapter 7 The globalization of rights in Islamic discourse, Charles Kurzman; Chapter 8 The World Cup and Iranians’ ‘home-coming’; Chapter 9 Globalization and the underdeveloped Muslim world, Muhammad Ahsan; Chapter 10 Tradition versus ideology as a mode of political communication in Iran, Ali Mohammadi;