The myth of the clash of civilizations / / Chiara Bottici and Benoit Challand

• Autore: Bottici Chiara
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/2176701821
• Soggetto topico: Islamic civilization; Civilization, Western
• Soggetto geografico: Islamic countries Relations Western countries; Western countries Relations Islamic countries
• Altri autori: ChallandBenoit <1972->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 occidentalism ; 3.5 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
• Sommario/riassunto: While 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The myth of the clash of civilizations
• ISBN: 1-136-95119-9; 0-203-84884-5; 1-283-96409-0; 1-136-95120-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786182903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies