The end of two illusions : Islam after the West / Hamid Dabashi.
"Dismantling the myths that divide Islam and the West, this cutting-edge work of critical thinking proposes new ways to reread Islamic and world histories. Extending from the front-page news coverage of our daily lives back into the deepest and most revelatory histories of the last two hundred...
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the future of two illusions
- Islam in the world
- "The West" : groundwork for the metaphysics of an illusion
- The West and the rest : condition of coloniality
- What's in a name?
- The monologue of civilizations
- Gendering the difference : from metaphoric to metamorphic
- De-racing civilizations
- Nations beyond borders
- Conclusion : "The inverted consciousness of the world"
- Epilogue : after Gaza 2021.