Islam Through Western Eyes: From the Crusades to the War on Terrorism

by Jonathan Lyons

Book Overview

Despite the West's growing involvement in Muslim societies, conflicts, and cultures, its inability to understand or analyze the Islamic world threatens any prospect for East-West rapprochement. Impelled by one thousand years of anti-Muslim ideas and images, the West has failed to engage in any meaningful or productive way with the world of Islam. Formulated in the medieval halls of the Roman Curia and courts of the European Crusaders and perfected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231158947
• ISBN13: 9780231158947
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher