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. 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. 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. Sources as diverse as Jung and Octavio Paz widen the scope of this illuminating text.
#2095944 in Books NYU Press 2013-04-29 2013-04-29Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .69 x 5.98l; 1.11 #File Name: 0814785778238 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Keith Brooksas described on line0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. ExcellentBy Stanley RansomVery detailed. Excellent book4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Very interesting.By Jeannette bookloverHistorical book is quite interesting. Rarely taught in schools. Would like to read more books on the subject. Sad topic but interesting.
