What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East

Name: What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East
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ISBN: 9780060516055

ISBN-10: 0060516054

ISBN-13: 9780060516055

Edition: 2002

Authors: Bernard Lewis

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For centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement -- the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and unbelief from which there was nothing to learn or to fear. And then everything changed. The West won victory after victory, first on the battlefield and then in the marketplace. In this elegantly written volume, Bernard Lewis, a renowned authority an Islamic affairs, examines the anguished reaction of the Islamic world as it tried to make sense of how it had been overtaken, overshadowed, and dominated by the West. In a fascinating portrait…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 1/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Preface to the Hardcover Edition


Introduction



The Lessons of the Battlefield



The Quest for Wealth and Power



Social and Cultural Barriers



Modernization and Social Equality



Secularism and the Civil Society



Time, Space, and Modernity



Aspects of Cultural Change


Conclusion


Author's Note


Afterword


Notes


Index