On the Muslim Question
Published on 21. January 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-691-19594-0 (ISBN)
Description
Why "the Muslim question" is really about the West and its own anxieties-not Islam
In this fearless, original book, Anne Norton demolishes the notion that there is a "clash of civilizations" between the West and Islam. What is really in question, she argues, is the West's commitment to its own ideals: to democracy and the Enlightenment trinity of liberty, equality, and fraternity. In the most fundamental sense, the Muslim question is about the values not of Islamic, but of Western, civilization.
In this fearless, original book, Anne Norton demolishes the notion that there is a "clash of civilizations" between the West and Islam. What is really in question, she argues, is the West's commitment to its own ideals: to democracy and the Enlightenment trinity of liberty, equality, and fraternity. In the most fundamental sense, the Muslim question is about the values not of Islamic, but of Western, civilization.
Reviews / Votes
"Is there a clash of civilizations. . . between the Muslim world and the West? Norton's response will be of interest to students of geopolitics and Islamic studies."-Kirkus Reviews "Norton scores many hits, and illuminates the smug racism behind much recent blazoning of Enlightenment values."-Paul Laity, Prospect "Norton provides us with a window into the interaction between European versions of modernity and the Islamic experience, drawing attention to how Muslims often face resistance and hatred as they enter into previously constituted elements of European society."-Tikkun "On the Muslim Question . . . is distinguished by moral daring and intellectual perspicacity."-S. Parvez Manzoor, Muslim World Book Review "Scrupulously attentive to the everyday facts about the ways in which the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds interact and devastatingly sharp about the way in which the facts undermine a lot of high-flown commentary on the supposed threat the Muslim world poses to the West. . . . On the Muslim Question is a triumph."-Alan Ryan, Journal of Church and StateMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
375 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-19594-0 (9780691195940)
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Person
Anne Norton is the Stacey and Henry Jackson President's Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books include Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire and 95 Theses on Politics, Culture, and Method.