Islam in Liberalism (Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 404
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 07 Mar 2016
ISBN 10: 022637954X
ISBN 13: 9780226379548

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This is a powerfully often passionately--written text. . . . The only book that I can think of in comparison is Edward Said'sCovering Islam but Massad s book is far richer both in terms of the literature covered (much of which was of course not yet available when Said wrote his book) and the range of questions engaged. --Talal Asad Graduate Center, City University of New York
Massad is an important intellectual voice. He commands attention internationally. He offers distinctive, compelling, and often brilliant critiques of positions that many regard as sacrosanct: most notably the human rights regime, NGOS, and international development organizations, and does not spare the therapeutic enterprises of psychoanalysis and transcultural tolerance.
--Anne Norton University of Pennsylvania
This is a powerfully--often passionately--written text. . . . The only book that I can think of in comparison is Edward Said's Covering Islam--but Massad's book is far richer both in terms of the literature covered (much of which was of course not yet available when Said wrote his book) and the range of questions engaged. --Talal Asad Graduate Center, City University of New York
In recent years we have come to take seriously the idea that certain othering concepts such as 'the Orient' and 'Islam' have played a vital role in giving reality to 'the West.' The extraordinary value of Massad's new book is that he has shown, through a sustained analysis of a wide variety of historical and contemporary discourses, that 'Islam' has been more than a periphery-defining concept utilized merely to lend truth and solidity to the Christian West. Far more importantly, 'Islam' has been at work as a powerful agonistic imaginary indispensable for the self-definition of the West's own polity as essentiallyfree. This is a deeply considered work that is more than timely. --Tomoko Masuzawa University of Michigan
Massad is an important intellectual voice. He commands attention internationally. He offers distinctive, compelling, and often brilliant critiques of positions that many regard as sacrosanct: most notably the human rights regime, NGOS, and international development organizations, and does not spare the therapeutic enterprises of psychoanalysis and transcultural tolerance.
--Anne Norton University of Pennsylvania

Author Bio

Joseph A. Massad is professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. He has written many books, including Desiring Arabs, also published by the University of Chicago Press.