The Sum of All Heresies: The Image of Islam in Western ThoughtOxford University Press, 2007 M11 21 - 232 páginas Current global tensions and the spread of terrorism have resurrected in the West a largely negative perception of Islamic society, an ill will fueled by centuries of conflict and prejudice. Shedding light on the history behind these hostile feelings, Frederick Quinn's timely volume traces the Western image of Islam from its earliest days to recent times. Quinn establishes four basic themes around which the image of Islam gravitates throughout history: the Prophet as Antichrist, heretic, and Satan; the Prophet as Fallen Christian, corrupted monk, or Arab Lucifer; the prophet as sexual deviant, polygamist, and charlatan, and the Prophet as Wise Easterner, Holy Person, and dispenser of wisdom. A feature of the book is a strong portrayal of Islam in literature, art, music, and popular culture, drawing on such sources as Cervantes's Don Quixote; the Orientalism of numerous visual artists; the classical music of Monteverdi and Mozart; and more recent cultural manifestations, such as music hall artists like Peter Dawson and Edith Piaf; and stage or silver screen representations like The Garden of Allah, The Sheik, Aladdin, and The Battle of Algiers. Quinn argues that an outpouring of positive information on basically every aspect of Islamic life has yet to vanquish the hostile and malformed ideas from the past. Conflict, mistrust, and misunderstanding characterize the Muslim-Christian encounter, and growing examples of cooperation are often overshadowed by anger and suspicion. In this important book, Quinn highlights long-standing historical prejudices but also introduces the reader to some of the landmark voices in history that have worked toward a greater understanding of Islam. |
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... languages, literature, and archaeology of the Orient, but especially in recent years, in the writings of Edward Said, it was refashioned to mean Western political and cultural imperialism and domination of non-Western countries. Thus ...
... languages, literature, and archaeology of the Orient, but especially in recent years, in the writings of Edward Said, it was refashioned to mean Western political and cultural imperialism and domination of non-Western countries. Thus ...
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... language, history, and culture only widen the gap and it sometimes appears that no additional door is left unlatched that will allow participants to move to a new place. Yet there are grounds for hope; both religions (and Judaism) are ...
... language, history, and culture only widen the gap and it sometimes appears that no additional door is left unlatched that will allow participants to move to a new place. Yet there are grounds for hope; both religions (and Judaism) are ...
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... language I did not know, so I showed the second translator's corrections to the first and, in a positive manner, asked, ''What do you think about these edits?'' (I had been taught consensus-building teamwork management during a one-day ...
... language I did not know, so I showed the second translator's corrections to the first and, in a positive manner, asked, ''What do you think about these edits?'' (I had been taught consensus-building teamwork management during a one-day ...
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... languages of the Islamic world. At the local level, many college Middle Eastern or Islamic centers send speakers and media materials to high schools throughout their states and hold informative workshops for high school teachers ...
... languages of the Islamic world. At the local level, many college Middle Eastern or Islamic centers send speakers and media materials to high schools throughout their states and hold informative workshops for high school teachers ...
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... language, and the on-call physician at a southern Maryland hospital may originally be a Farsi speaker. In communities across America the religious skyline now contains mosques, in addition to churches and synagogues, symbols of earlier ...
... language, and the on-call physician at a southern Maryland hospital may originally be a Farsi speaker. In communities across America the religious skyline now contains mosques, in addition to churches and synagogues, symbols of earlier ...
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2 The Time of Araby Has Come at Last 16001800 | 55 |
3 The Prophet as Hero and Wise Easterner 18001900 | 91 |
4 Nous Revenons Saladin We Return Saladin 19002000 | 125 |
5 The Summing Up | 159 |
Am I Not Your Lord? Kenneth Cragg on MuslimChristian Dialogue | 173 |
Notes | 181 |
Selected Bibliography | 201 |
Index | 215 |
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The Sum of All Heresies: The Image of Islam in Western Thought Frederick Quinn Vista previa limitada - 2008 |
The Sum of All Heresies: The Image of Islam in Western Thought Frederick Quinn Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
The Sum of All Heresies: The Image of Islam in Western Thought Frederick Quinn Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
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