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Islam in Europe

Islam in Europe Paperback / softback - 2004

by Jack Goody

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Paperback / softback. New. Reveals the central role that Islam has played in European history. Following the movement of people, culture and religion from East to West, this work breaks down the perceived opposition between Islam and Europe, showing Islam to be a part of Europe's past and present.
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  • Title Islam in Europe
  • Author Jack Goody
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Condition New
  • Pages 178
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Polity Press, Cambridge
  • Date 2004-01-26
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780745631936
  • ISBN 9780745631936 / 0745631932
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.42 x 5.46 x 0.59 in (21.39 x 13.87 x 1.50 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects East and West, Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003009840
  • Dewey Decimal Code 297.094

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First line

My initial interest in the theme of Islam in Europe goes back to a long-standing inquisitiveness about Islam in the Mediterranean and North Africa and its influence on West Africa, where I lived and worked for many years.

From the rear cover

This vigorously argued book reveals the central role that Islam has played in European history. Following the movement of people, culture and religion from East to West, Goody breaks down the perceived opposition between Islam and Europe, showing Islam to be a part of Europe's past and present. In an historical analysis of religious warfare and forced migration, Goody examines our understanding of legitimate violence, ethnic cleansing and terrorism. His comparative perspective offers important and illuminating insights into current political problems and conflicts.

Goody traces three routes of Islam into Europe, following the Arab through North Africa, Spain and Mediterranean Europe; the Turk through Greece and the Balkans; and the Mongol through Southern Russia to Poland and Lithuania. Each thrust made its mark on Europe in terms of population and culture. Yet this was not merely a military impact: especially in Spain, but elsewhere too, Europe was substantially modified by this contact. Today it takes the form of some eleven million immigrants, not to speak of the possible incorporation of further millions through Bosnia, Albania and Turkey.

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Citations

  • Choice, 07/01/2004, Page 2098

About the author

Jack Goody is Emeritus William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at St. Johns College, Cambridge.