{"product_id":"islamic-liberation-theology-resisting-the-empire-9780415771559","title":"Islamic Liberation Theology: Resisting the Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a radical piece of counter-intuitive rethinking of the clash of civilizations theory and global politics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this richly detailed criticism of contemporary politics, Hamid Dabashi argues that after 9\/11 we have not seen a new phase in a long running confrontation between Islam and the West, but that such categories have in fact collapsed and exhausted themselves. The West is no longer a unified actor and Islam is ideologically depleted in its confrontation with colonialism. Rather we are seeing the emergence of the US as a lone superpower, and a confrontation between a form of imperial globalized capital and the rising need for a new Islamic theodicy. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe combination of political salience and theoretical force makes \u003cem\u003eIslamic Liberation Theology\u003c\/em\u003e a cornerstone of a whole new generation of thinking about political Islamism and a compelling read for anyone interested in contemporary Islam, current affairs and US foreign policy. Dabashi drives his well-supported and thoroughly documented points steadily forward in an earnest and highly readable style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York, USA. He is the author of several books including: \u003cem\u003eAuthority in Islam: From the Rise of Muhammad to the Establishment of the Umayyads\u003c\/em\u003e (1989\/1992); \u003cem\u003eIran: A People Interrupted\u003c\/em\u003e (2007); \u003cem\u003eTheology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundations of the Islamic Revolution in Iran\u003c\/em\u003e (1993\/2005); \u003cem\u003eDreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e (edited with an Introduction, 2006); and \u003cem\u003eClose up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, Future\u003c\/em\u003e (2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844450029842,"sku":"9780415771559","price":70.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7931783c-6f96-4e4c-9abf-9c31f721d046.jpg?v=1737321402","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/islamic-liberation-theology-resisting-the-empire-9780415771559","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}