At freedom's limit : Islam and the postcolonial predicament /

The subject of this book is a new "Islam." This Islam began to take shape in 1988 around the Rushdie affair, the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the first Gulf War of 1991. It was consolidated in the period following September 11, 2001. It is a name, a discursive site, a signifier...

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Main Author:	Abbas, Sadia (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Islam > 21st century. Islam > 20th century. LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern. ART / Asian. RELIGION / Islam / General.