عنوان

Why they don t hate us: lifting the veil on the axis of evil

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

eng

عنوان اصلي

Why they don t hate us: lifting the veil on the axis of evil

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If media chatter about the "Axis of Evil" seems ubiquitous to the point of losing its meaning, LeVine offers up an alternative "Axis of Empathy" to counteract what he sees as the U.S.'s dangerous "Axis of Arrogance and Ignorance." The author uses his own experiences traveling in the Middle East and North Africa to show readers not only that "they" don't hate "us," but that our concepts of "us" and "them" are invalid and skewed. This sprawling book is divided into three parts, and touches on many diverse subjects that fall under its larger themes of globalization and Middle Eastern attitudes toward the West. LeVine, a professor of Middle Eastern history and a musician who has recorded with musicians as diverse as Mick Jagger and Hassan Hakmoun, clearly has an interest in music and its potential for bridge-building. He includes a chapter on "Rock and Resistance in the Middle East and North Africa" and advocates for what he calls "culture jamming," or bringing people together to "build an alternative to imperialism, occupation, intolerance, and violence." LeVine writes in an engaging, if occasionally wandering, style, and the most effective parts of the book are those in which he recounts his personal experiences. Although aimed at an academic audience, this book will be valuable to anyone wishing to hear a different perspective on the complicated relationship between the U.S. and the Islamic world.

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In this ground-breaking exploration of the roots of the conflict between the US and the Muslim World, LeVine argues that the notion that most Muslims hate the US and the West is a fabrication used to help fundamentalists on both sides to maintain political, economic or cultural power. Offering a critique of those central to the branding of Islam as a source of violence and backward-thinking, LeVine contetst the apread of what he calles an Axis of Arrogance and Ignorance by advocating an Axis of Empathy as the only strategy that can bring about a long-term solution.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Oxford

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Oneworld

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2005

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xvii, 438 p.: ill.; 23 cm.

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references )p. 421-430( and index

متن يادداشت

ISBN: 9781851683659

متن يادداشت

Mark LeVine

متن يادداشت

1

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، Anti-Americanism -- Islamic countries

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، Islamic countries -- Relations -- Europe

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، United States -- Relations -- Islamic countries

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، Europe -- Relations -- Islamic countries

شماره رده

شماره رده

تاريخ

6691-

عنصر شناسه اي

LeVine, Mark

کد نقش

AU

عنصر شناسه اي

TI