LEADER 03936oam 2200697I 450 001 9910463433403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-84884-5 010 $a1-283-96409-0 010 $a1-136-95120-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203848845 035 $a(CKB)2670000000325109 035 $a(EBL)1111465 035 $a(OCoLC)826854865 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820782 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12356905 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820782 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10863558 035 $a(PQKB)10565926 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1111465 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1111465 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10647759 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL427659 035 $a(OCoLC)825767657 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000325109 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe myth of the clash of civilizations /$fChiara Bottici and Benoit Challand 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon [England] ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ;$v18 225 0$aRoutledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ;$v18 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-63280-3 311 $a0-415-57327-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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 occidentalism 327 $a3.5 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; Index 330 $aWhile globalization unifies the world, divisions re-emerge within it in the form of a spectacular separation between Islam and the West. How can it be that Huntington's contested idea of a clash of civilizations became such a powerful political myth through which so many people look at the world? Bottici and Challand disentangle such a process of myth-making both in the West and in Muslim majority countries, and call for a renewed critical attitude towards it. By analysing a process of elaboration of this myth that took place in academic books, arts and media, comics and Hollywood fi 410 0$aRoutledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies 606 $aIslamic civilization 606 $aCivilization, Western 607 $aIslamic countries$xRelations$zWestern countries 607 $aWestern countries$xRelations$zIslamic countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIslamic civilization. 615 0$aCivilization, Western. 676 $a303.48/2176701821 700 $aBottici$b Chiara.$0521637 701 $aChalland$b Benoit$f1972-$0896619 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463433403321 996 $aThe myth of the clash of civilizations$92003190 997 $aUNINA