This volume addresses the conceptualizations of the Other carried out by Western and Muslim societies historically and in contemporary times through empirical case studies.
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Review
"As the world contemplates the consequences of a global 'war on terror' that often positions predominantly Judeo-Christian Western societies against their Muslim counterparts, and as social and mass media bring to our collective consciousness horrific murders committed by terrorists purporting to act in the name of Islam, Re-Imagining the Other: Culture, Media, and Western-Muslim Intersections (2014) is a timely and welcome intellectual intervention. [...] [F]eaturing a collection of thought-provoking chapters written by well-known critical scholars, the book is informed by the position that a 'clash of ignorance' rather than a 'clash of civilizations' thesis better explains contemporary conflicts between Western and Muslim societies, which increasingly find expression in violence and social exclusion. [...] [This volume] speaks eloquently to the deep structure of the clash of ignorance and its ramifications for Western-Muslim relations; that is its strength and why it is a must-read. [...] [It] makes a significant contribution to critical scholarship on Western-Muslim relations, especially how mass mediatized narrative (re)productions inform these relations. Accordingly, this book is strongly recommended especially for graduate and senior undergraduate critical media studies courses" Felix Odartey-Wellington, University of Ottawa, Canada, Global Media Journal, Canadian Edition
About the Author
Salah Basalamah, University of Ottawa, Canada Mahmoud Eid, University of Ottawa, Canada Mohammad R. Ghanoonparvar, the University of Texas at Austin, USA Jack Goody, University of Cambridge, UK John M. Hobson, University of Sheffield, UK Yasmin Jiwani, Concordia University, Canada Karim H. Karim, Carleton University, Canada Nabil Matar, University of Minnesota, USA Richard Rubenstein, George Mason University, USA

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Macmillan Education UK

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United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

New York, NY, 2014

Jul 24, 2014

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Source title: Re-Imagining the Other: Culture, Media, and Western-Muslim Intersections

Title 4
Copyright 5
Contents 8
Preface 10
1 Imagining the Other 12
Notes 27
References 28
2 Religion and Civilization 33
3 On the Eve of the Napoleonic Invasion: Arab Perceptions of the World 45
The World through Eastern Christian Eyes 50
The World through Eastern Muslim Eyes 55
By Way of Conclusion 59
The Lands of Christians 59
The Lands of Muslims 59
Notes 61
References 63
4 Through Tinted Lenses: Iranian and Western Perceptions and Reconstructions of the Other 67
The Exotic West in Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing 68
Twentieth-Century Literary Portrayals of the West 70
When the Exotic Becomes Alien 75
Western Perceptions of the Iranian Other 78
The Othering of the Former Self 81
Notes 82
References 83
5 The Clash of Civilizations 2.0: Race and Eurocentrism, Imperialism, and Anti-Imperialism 84
Introduction 84
The Post-1989 Anti-Imperialist “Clash of Civilizations 2.0” in the Post-1889 Scientific Racist Mirror 86
The Demographic Roots of Western Civilizational/White Racial Decline 87
Awarding the Barbaric Races/Civilizations High “Predatory” Agency 88
Constructing “Globalization-As-Barbaric Threat” 91
The Critique of Multiculturalism/Liberal Cosmopolitanism 92
Anti-Imperialist Eurocentrism in the Anti-Imperialist Racist Mirror 95
The “Fundamental Clash” between East and West 98
Re-imagining the Dialogue of Civilizations: Muslim Origins of Western Civilization 99
Conclusion 102
Notes 102
References 104
6 Perceptions about Muslims in Western Societies 107
Introduction 107
Muslims Imagined by Western Societies: The Other 108
Muslims and Western (Mis)Perceptions: Homogeneity and Fanaticism 110
Muslims in Western Media: Anti-Western and Violent 112
Muslims Face Western Heat: Racism, Discrimination, and Dehumanization 114
Conclusion 119
Notes 120
References 122
7 A Clash of Discourses: Femicides or Honor Killings? 128
Introduction1 128
Gendered Violence—The Backdrop 129
Honor Killings 131
The Shafia Case 137
Observations 140
Victims and Perpetrators 140
Islam 144
Immigration 146
The Liberated West 147
Rescue 148
Counter-Discourses 149
Expert Testimony—How Culture Got in the Way 150
The Audience 152
Conclusion 153
Notes 154
References 155
8 Islamic, Islamist, Moderate, Extremist: Imagining the Muslim Self and the Muslim Other 160
Islam, Muslim 163
Islamic, Islamic World, Islamicate Society 166
Moderate, Extremist, Radical 168
Fundamentalism, Islamism, Political Islam, Shia, Sunni 171
Jihad, Mujahideen, Homegrown Terrorist 174
Conclusion 176
Notes 177
References 177
9 Religious Conflict, Empire-Building, and the Imagined Other 181
The Surprising Resurgence of Religious Conflict 181
Sacralization and Violence 184
The Context of Religious Conflict: Varieties of Empire-Building 186
Diabolical Imagery in Religiously Motivated Conflicts 191
Re-Imagining the Other: Religion as a Force for Conflict Resolution? 194
References 198
10 Translating Otherness 201
Introduction 201
Understanding Translation 202
Knowledge and Translation 207
Qualities of Translation 209
The Media, Ethics, and Translation 210
Process and Project of Translating Otherness 213
Translating the Inner Dimensions 215
Conclusion 217
References 218
11 Re-Imagining the Other 222
Notes 233
References 234
About the Contributors 237
Index 240

The twenty-first century exploded into the global imagination with unforgettable scenes of death and destruction. An apocalyptic 'clash of civilizations' seemed to be waged between two old foes - 'the West' and 'Islam.' However, the decade-long and ruinous 'war on terror' has prompted re-assessments of the militaristic approach to Western-Muslim relations. A growing number of academics, policymakers, religious leaders, journalists, and activists view the struggles as resulting from a 'clash of ignorance.' Re-imagining the Other examines the ways in which knowledge is manipulated by dominant Western and Muslim discourses. Authors from several disciplines study how the two societies have constructed images of each other in historical and contemporary times. The complexities and subtleties of their mutually productive relationship are overshadowed by portrayals of unremitting clash, thus serving as encouragement for the promotion of war and terrorism. The book proposes specific approachesto re-imagine the Other in order to mitigate Western-Muslim conflict.
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.07.2014

The twenty-first century exploded into the global imagination with unforgettable scenes of death and destruction. An apocalyptic 'clash of civilizations' seemed to be waged between two old foes - 'the West' and 'Islam.' However, the decade-long and ruinous 'war on terror' has prompted re-assessments of the militaristic approach to Western-Muslim relations. A growing number of academics, policymakers, religious leaders, journalists, and activists view the struggles as resulting from a 'clash of ignorance.' Re-imagining the Other examines the ways in which knowledge is manipulated by dominant Western and Muslim discourses. Authors from several disciplines study how the two societies have constructed images of each other in historical and contemporary times. The complexities and subtleties of their mutually productive relationship are overshadowed by portrayals of unremitting clash, thus serving as encouragement for the promotion of war and terrorism. The book proposes specific approaches to re-imagine the Other in order to mitigate Western-Muslim conflict

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