Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror
Distinguished political scientist and anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani, father of New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, offers an 'exceptionally clear and] especially shocking' (San Francisco Chronicle) examination of political Islam, the factors that led to 9/11, and the global repercussions on Muslims everywhere. 'This provocative and thoughtful inquiry is a valuable contribution to the understanding of some of the most important developments in the contemporary era.'--Noam Chomsky In Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, Mahmood Mamdani brings his expertise and insight to a question many Americans have been asking since 9/11: how did this happen? Mamdani dispels the idea of 'good' (secular, westernized) and 'bad' (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer to political rather than cultural or religious identities. The presumption that there are 'good' Muslims readily available to be split off from 'bad' Muslims masks a failure to make a political analysis of our times.Liknande böcker
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