Cultural Schizophrenia: Islamic Societies Confronting the West
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815605072 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Islamist schizophrenia "Cultural Schizophrenia" Islamic Societies Confronting the West" by Daryush Shayegan (translated from the French by John Howe). (1997) Former professor of comparative philosophy and Indology at Tehran Univ., former director of the Institute for Ismai'li Studies in Paris. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Prof. Islamic Studies, George W
Sources as diverse as Jung and Octavio Paz widen the scope of this illuminating text.. Based on examples ranging from Iran to Morocco, the author portrays a society he defines as peripheral - bound by a slavish adherence to its own glorified history, its "Tradition" - yet facing an external reality that derives from the West. The meeting of these two incompatible worlds leads to a profound distortion not only in how the Muslim world sees the West but, more importantly, in how it sees itself. Professor Daryush Shayegan's book is a major contribution to what is perhaps the most critical debate within the Muslim world today: the relationship between its own culture and the influence of Western modernity. Shayegan draws on a vast range of cultural experiences (from China and Japan to India and Latin America) in analyzing the type of mentality that is chained to its history
'The book sparkles with interesting ideas.' --Middle East International 'The work impresses on two levels: style and substance. Shayegan's vision is a persuasive one.' --International Affairs ' an intelligence and a clarity that are utterly convincing.' --Le Nouvel Obserateur'This scholarly but accessible study is an analysis-from-within of the tearing apart of a whole people rigorous and courageous.' --L'Express