Islamic liberation theology resisting the empire

• Main Author: Dabashi, Hamid 1951- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2008
• Subjects: Islam > 21st century; Islamic renewal > Islamic countries; Globalization > Religious aspects > Islam; Religious awakening > Islam > 21st century; Islam and world politics > Religious aspects > Islam; Islamic countries > Politics and government
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 This book is a radical piece of counter-intuitive rethinking of the clash of civilizations theory and global politics. In this richly detailed criticism of contemporary politics, Hamid Dabashi argues that after 9/11 we have not seen a new phase in a long running confrontation between Islam and the West, but that such categories have in fact collapsed and exhausted themselves. The West is no longer a unified actor and Islam is ideologically depleted in its confrontation with colonialism. Rather we are seeing the emergence of the US as a lone superpower, and a confrontation between a form of imperial globalized capital and the rising need for a new Islamic theodicy. The combination of political salience and theoretical force makes Islamic Liberation Theology a cornerstone of a whole new generation of thinking about political Islamism and a compelling read for anyone interested in contemporary Islam, current affairs and US foreign policy. Dabashi drives his well-supported and thoroughly documented points steadily forward in an earnest and highly readable style.