Haideh Moghissi

Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism

The Limits of Postmodern Analysis

Buch

An accessible introduction to postmodernism, feminist theory and Islamic fundamentalism, this book is a highly controversial intervention into the debate on postmodernism and feminism which looks at what happens when they are jointly employed to illuminate the sexual politics of Islam. The author describes the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the West's response to it. Postmodernism has exposed the vested interests implicit in racist stereotyped and colonial images of Islam, particularly radical Islam. However, the author argues that regardless of the sophisticated argument of postmodernists and their suspicion of power, as an intellectual… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-85649-590-5
EAN: 9781856495905
Produktnummer: 1745530
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Seitenangabe: 176 S.
Masse: H21.5 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.1 cm 242 g
Gewicht: 242
Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)

Über den Autor

Haideh Moghissi is an associate professor of sociology and women's studies at Atkinson College, York University, Toronto. Before leaving Iran 1984, she was a senior archivist in the Iran National Archives. She was a founder of the National Union of Women and member of its first executive board and the editorial board of Barabari (Equality) and Zanan Dar Mobarezeh (Women in Struggle).