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Author Mernissi, Fatima.

Title Islam and democracy : fear of the modern world / Fatima Mernissi ; translated by Mary Jo Lakeland.

Publication Info. Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., [1992]

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 Moore Stacks  BP163 .M47 1992    Available  ---
Description 195 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index.
Contents Introduction. The Gulf War : Fear and its boundaries -- pt. 1. A mutilated modernity : Fear of the foreign west ; Fear of the Immam ; Fear of democracy ; The United Nations Charter ; The Koran -- pt. 2. Sacred concepts and profane anxieties : Fear of freedom of thought ; Fear of individualism ; Fear of the past ; Fear of the present ; Women's song : destination freedom -- Conclusion : the Simorgh is us!
Subject Islam -- 20th century.
Islam.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Civilization, Arab -- 20th century.
Civilization, Arab.
ISBN 0201608839 : $24.95 ($31.95 Can.)