“A welcome contribution that provides a balanced insight into interactions between Western culture and societies with their Muslim counterparts. The book proposes specific approaches to re-imagine the Other in order to mitigate Western-Muslim conflict. The complexities and subtleties of their mutually productive relationship are overshadowed by portrayals of unremitting clash, thus serving as encouragement for the promotion of war and terrorism. Authors from several disciplines study how the two societies have constructed images of each other in historical and contemporary times. A growing number of academics, policymakers, religious leaders, journalists, and activists view the struggles as resulting from a 'clash of ignorance.' Re-imagining the Other examines the ways in which knowledge is manipulated by dominant Western and Muslim discourses.
An apocalyptic 'clash of civilizations' seemed to be waged between two old foes - 'the West' and 'Islam.' However, the decade-long and ruinous 'war on terror' has prompted re-assessments of the militaristic approach to Western-Muslim relations.
The twenty-first century exploded into the global imagination with unforgettable scenes of death and destruction.
