Borders of Islam
Exploring Samuel Huntington's Faultlines, from Al-Andalus to Virtual Ummah
Published on 1. July 2009
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-19-932629-7 (ISBN)
Description
Offers a set of essays that examines the border zones of Islamic civilisation, be they geographical, cultural or virtual. This book explores the local dynamics in these zones to test whether or not they support or contradict professor Samuel P Huntingdon's thesis of an emerging global confrontation between Islamic civilisation and its neighbours.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-932629-7 (9780199326297)
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Stig Jarle Hansen is an Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Life Science in Norway. He specialises in the geopolitics of the Middle East and the Horn of Africa, as well as the links between religion, politics and war economies. Atle Mesøy is a researcher in political Islam. Tuncay Karadas teaches at Sakarya University, where he specialises on Turkish security, political theory and Islam.