History of Islam in German Thought: From Leibniz to Nietzsche. By Ian Almond
In Philosophy in a Time of Terror, the collection of dialogues he published with Jacques Derrida, the renowned German philosopher Jürgen Habermas describes the rise of Islamic fundamentalism as ‘a defensive reaction against the fear of a violent uprooting of traditional ways of life’. For Habermas,...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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Literature and theology
Year: 2011, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-113 |
| Review of: | History of Islam in German thought from Leibniz to Nietzsche (New York : Routledge,, 2010) (Bradley, Arthur)
History of Islam in German thought from Leibniz to Nietzsche (New York : Routledge, 2010) (Bradley, Arthur) History of Islam in German thought (New York [u.a.] : Routledge, 2010) (Bradley, Arthur) |
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| Summary: | In Philosophy in a Time of Terror, the collection of dialogues he published with Jacques Derrida, the renowned German philosopher Jürgen Habermas describes the rise of Islamic fundamentalism as ‘a defensive reaction against the fear of a violent uprooting of traditional ways of life’. For Habermas, the Arab World saw the overwhelming technological, economic, political and military superiority of the USA as both ‘an insult to their self-confidence’ and a ‘secretly admired model’. In fact, the West in its entirety has become ‘the scapegoat for the Arab World’s own, very real, experiences of loss’ (p. 32). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frq061 |