03936oam 2200697I 450 991046343340332120200520144314.00-203-84884-51-283-96409-01-136-95120-210.4324/9780203848845 (CKB)2670000000325109(EBL)1111465(OCoLC)826854865(SSID)ssj0000820782(PQKBManifestationID)12356905(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820782(PQKBWorkID)10863558(PQKB)10565926(MiAaPQ)EBC1111465(Au-PeEL)EBL1111465(CaPaEBR)ebr10647759(CaONFJC)MIL427659(OCoLC)825767657(EXLCZ)99267000000032510920180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe myth of the clash of civilizations /Chiara Bottici and Benoit ChallandAbingdon, Oxon [England] ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (193 p.)Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ;18Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ;18Description based upon print version of record.0-415-63280-3 0-415-57327-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Political myths; 1.1 Understanding myth: a theoretical framework; 1.2 Political myth; 1.3 Political myth, history and ideology; 1.4 Conclusions; 2 Icons; 2.1 Icons, symbols and the social unconscious; 2.2 Facing the unknown: a journey into Arabland; 2.3 Fascination or fear? A journey into the land of infidels (kafir); 2.4 Conclusions; 3 Myth and theory; 3.1 Reducing complexity; 3.2 Entrapping identity; 3.3 Hiding from reality; 3.4 Beyond orientalism and occidentalism3.5 Conclusions4 The politics of myth; 4.1 Crusades, coexistence, colonialism: the historical background to the orientalist gaze; 4.2 Colonial and post-colonial struggles; 4.3 From the Cold War to the age of a self-fulfilled prophecy; 4.4 The spectacle of the clash of civilizations: myth, media and rituals; 4.5 Conclusions; 5 The struggle for people's imagination; 5.1 Beyond civilization; 5.2 Struggles over the East/West divide; 5.3 Imaginal politics; 5.4 The repositioning of religion in the public sphere; 5.5 Conclusions; Notes; References; IndexWhile globalization unifies the world, divisions re-emerge within it in the form of a spectacular separation between Islam and the West. How can it be that Huntington's contested idea of a clash of civilizations became such a powerful political myth through which so many people look at the world? Bottici and Challand disentangle such a process of myth-making both in the West and in Muslim majority countries, and call for a renewed critical attitude towards it. By analysing a process of elaboration of this myth that took place in academic books, arts and media, comics and Hollywood fiRoutledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic StudiesIslamic civilizationCivilization, WesternIslamic countriesRelationsWestern countriesWestern countriesRelationsIslamic countriesElectronic books.Islamic civilization.Civilization, Western.303.48/2176701821Bottici Chiara.521637Challand Benoit1972-896619MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463433403321The myth of the clash of civilizations2003190UNINA