Last Crusade Americanism and the Islamic Reformation

Name: Last Crusade Americanism and the Islamic Reformation
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ISBN: 9781597971652

ISBN-10: 1597971650

ISBN-13: 9781597971652

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael A. Palmer

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The United States, argues Michael A. Palmer, is engaged in a political crusade to modernize the Islamic world. Americanism is in the vanguard of modernity's relentless advance, promoting capitalist markets and democratic institutions. To compete, Islamic societies must adopt a more secular and material approach, as have the West and South and East Asia. But these principles conflict with Islamic fundamentals. Once a vibrant force, much of the Muslim world spent four centuries as prisoner of an Ottoman Empire that embraced feudalism while the West jettisoned it. In the absence of a renaissance or enlightenment, modernization in the Islamic world has been painful and unsuccessful. While many…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Michael A. Palmer is Professor of History, East Carolina University.