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new book:  "when islam and democracy meet"
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12/01/04 at 13:22:24
looks interesting... has anyone read it? When Islam and Democracy Meet Muslims in Europe and in the United States JOCELYNE CESARI Exploring the woefully neglected reality of Islam as a major cultural and religious facet of American and European politics and societies, Cesari examines how Muslims in the West are challenging the notion of an inevitable clash or confrontation. Comparing the interaction of Muslims with their new countries, this book addresses the implications of increased Islamic visibility, violent clashes, beneficial cooperation, and questions within the Muslim community about their role and the role of Islam in democratic states. Pursuing a holistic approach to Muslims as a new minority within western democracy, Cesari provides important insights. Jocelyne Cesari is Visiting Professor in Anthropology and Religious Studies at Harvard University and Senior Research Fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris. 304 pp. / 0-312-29401-8 / $65.00 cl. CONTENTS: Introduction: From Clash to Encounter • The Numbers Debate • Part I: Islam and the West: Mutual Transformation • Islam as Stigma • The Secularization of Individual Islamic Practice • The Secularization of Islamic Institutions in Europe and the United States:Two Approaches • Part II:The Imagined Community • The Absolutized Community • The Virtual Community • Part III:The Reinvented Community • Bureaucratic and Parochial Leaders • Transnational Leaders and Charismatic Speakers • The Reformation of Islamic Thought “Jocelyne Cesari’s wide-ranging and thoughtful exploration of important issues concerning Muslims and non-Muslims and their relationships to each other compares the patterns developing in Europe and America. . . contributing greatly to our understanding of contemporary intra-Muslim politics.”—Karen Leonard, Professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine “a pioneering attempt to engage in a comparative study of Muslim experiences on both sides of the Atlantic.”—Ali S. Asani, Harvard University
12/01/04 at 13:22:57
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