What went wrong? : the clash between Islam and modernity in the Middle East / Bernard Lewis.
2003
DS62.4 .L488 2003 (Mapit)
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Title
What went wrong? : the clash between Islam and modernity in the Middle East / Bernard Lewis.
Author
Lewis, Bernard, 1916-2018.
Edition
1st Perennial ed.
ISBN
0060516054
9780060516055
9780060516055
Publication Details
New York : Perennial, 2003.
Language
English
Description
186 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Call Number
DS62.4 .L488 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
956/.015
Summary
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 volume, Bernard Lewis, a renowned authority on 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 of a culture in turmoil, Lewis shows how the Middle East turned its attention to understanding European weaponry, industry, government, education, and culture. In this landmark volume, an authority on the Middle East examines the anguished reaction of the Islamic world as it tries to understand why things have changed, how they have been overtaken, overshadowed, and to an increasing extent dominated by the West. 15 illustrations. Map.
Note
Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface to the hardcover edition
Introduction
Chap. 1. The lessons of the battlefield
Chap. 2. The quest for wealth and power
Chap. 3. Social and cultural barriers
Chap. 4. Modernization and social equality
Chap. 5. Secularism and the civil society
Chap. 6. Time, space, and modernity
Chap. 7. Aspects of cultural change
Conclusion
Author's note
Afterword
Notes
Index.
Introduction
Chap. 1. The lessons of the battlefield
Chap. 2. The quest for wealth and power
Chap. 3. Social and cultural barriers
Chap. 4. Modernization and social equality
Chap. 5. Secularism and the civil society
Chap. 6. Time, space, and modernity
Chap. 7. Aspects of cultural change
Conclusion
Author's note
Afterword
Notes
Index.