Islam and the West : conflict or cooperation? /
By: Saikal, Amin.
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003Description: viii, 171 p. : map ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1403903573; 9781403903570:; 9781403903570; 1403903581 (pbk.); 9781403903587 (pbk.).Subject(s): Islam and world politics | Islam -- Relations -- Christianity | Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States | Islamic countries -- Relations -- Developing countries | United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East | Developing countries -- Relations -- Islamic countriesDDC classification: 327.7301767Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 327.7301767 SAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0075900 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-162) and index.
September 11 and its Aftermath -- Shared Values and Conflicts: The Historical Experience -- Islam and Christianity -- Peaceful coexistence -- Colonialism and Islamic responses -- Secular responses -- US Globalism and Regional Domination -- Early US involvement -- 'Containment' and US involvement in the Muslim world -- Nationalist challenges -- The Great Issues -- The Iranian revolution -- The Palestinian problem -- Afghanistan -- Democracy and Authoritarianism -- The concept of democracy -- Problems of democratization -- The Iranian experience -- The Egyptian and Algerian attempts -- The roots of authoritarianism -- Democratization or civil society? -- Conclusion: The Way Forward.
Amin Saikal assesses the impact of the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict, the consequences of the Iranian revolution and of the wars in the Gulf and Afghanistan, and charts a course for future co-existence.