Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures A Ziauddin Sardar Reader

by Inayatullah, Sohail; Boxwell, Gail

• ISBN13: 9780745319858
• ISBN10: 0745319858
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-20
• Publisher: Pluto Press

Summary

Ziauddin Sardar is a prolific writer and an insightful cultural commentator. His latest book, Why Do People Hate America?, has been a regular feature in bestseller lists in several countries. In the UK, he is known as a leading intellectual and his regular contributions to the Observer, the Independent and the New Statesman have brought his writings to a wide audience. As one of our most high-profile Muslim intellectuals, he has also become an increasingly important voice in the media since the events of September 11th 2001. This is the first collection of his writings that offers a comprehensive introduction to his thought. Starting with his analysis of his own position as a British Muslim and a writer, it goes on to explore issues of Islam and cultural change, education, identity, post-modernism and the future. Drawn from a broad range of his work in scholarly journals as well as from his many books on aspects of culture and society, it includes his most frequently cited papers and makes an ideal introduction to the immense scope of his work in cultural studies.Ziaddin Sardar is currently the editor of Third Text and Visiting Professor of Cultural Studies at City University, London. His books for Pluto Press include Postmodernism and the Other and Aliens R Us.

Author Biography

Sohail Inayatullah is Professor, Tamkang University,Taiwan and University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He is co-editor of Macrohistory and Macrohistorians; The University in Transformation; Youth Futures and Transforming Communication and author of Understanding Sardar and Questioning the Future.
Gail Boxwell is studying for a PhD in Sociology at Exeter with a focus on the social/political role of shamanism. She has taught study skills to female students at Zayed University, Dubai.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Other Futurist	1	(27)
Sohail Inayatullah
Gail Boxwell
I Islam
Rethinking Islam	27	(8)
Reconstructing Muslim Civilisation	35	(13)
Permanence and Change in Islam	48	(16)
The Shari'ah as a Problem-Solving Methodology	64	(17)
Islam and Nationalism	81	(8)
Paper, Printing and Compact Discs: The Making and Unmaking of Islamic Culture	89	(17)
Reformist Ideas and Muslim Intellectuals: The Demands of the Real World	106	(15)
II Postmodernism
When the Pendulum Comes to Rest	121	(6)
Walt Disney and the Double Victimisation of Pocahontas	127	(30)
The Ethical Connection: Christian--Muslim Relations in the Postmodern Age	157	(32)
Total Recall: Aliens, Others and Amnesia in Postmodern Thought	189	(25)
Bosnia and the Postmodern Embrace of Evil	214	(5)
Postmodern(ising) Qawwali	219	(11)
The End of Civilisation?	230	(17)
III Other Futures
The Problem of Futures Studies	247	(13)
Asian Cultures: Between Programmed and Desired Futures	260	(19)
Other Futures: Non-Western Cultures in Futures Studies	279	(20)
Healing the Multiple Wounds: Medicine in a Multicultural Society	299	(13)
Beyond Development: An Islamic Perspective	312	(21)
What Chaos? What Coherence? Across the River I Called	333	(17)
Ziauddin Sardar: A Working Bibliography	350	(12)
Gail Boxwell
Index	362