Freedom and Orthodoxy: Islam and Difference in the Post-Andalusian Age (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780804749817)

This book argues that the "clash of civilizations" that is supposed to be a feature of the post-Cold War environment is not necessarily caused by the dogma of world religions or cultural incompatibilities but by the inflexible and hegemonic universalisms that have characterized world history since 1492--a cultural outlook that Majid terms post-Andalusianism. The all-encompassing worldviews of Euro-American ideologies have resulted in the retreat of Islam and other non-European traditions into dangerous orthodoxies and a growing climate of suspicion, fear, and terror. Freedom and Orthodoxy offers an alternative to perennial discord, suggesting that the world needs a philosophy of the "provincial," one that reattaches individuals and societies to their heritages and memories but connects them to the rest of the world in solid, non-alienating, meaningful ways. For this to happen, Majid contends, globalization must be reimagined as a network of human solidarities and rigorous conversations across the world's multiple cultures, not as a mechanical process of economic expansionism.

Author: Anouar Majid
ISBN-10: 0804749817
ISBN-13: 9780804749817
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/19/2003
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.65d