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Europe and the Mystique of Islam - Rodinson, Maxime, and Veinus, Roger (Translated by)
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For centuries the Islamic world has - by turns - been both reviled and admired in the West. Since the time of the Crusades, Europeans have viewed Muslim culture and religion through the unique distorting lens of Orientalism, colouring all aspects of their perception and generating a curious blend of fascination and distrust. Maxime Rodinson, the eminent French sociologist and scholar of Islam, presents his view of the Orientalist debate in this concise and balanced examination of the evolution of Europe's perception of ...

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Europe and the Mystique of Islam 2002, I. B. Tauris & Company, New York

ISBN-13: 9781850431060

Trade paperback

Europe and the Mystique of Islam 1987, University of Washington Press, Seattle

ISBN-13: 9780295964850

Hardcover