How Do You Know?: Reading Ziauddin Sardar on Islam, Science and Cultural Relations

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Ziauddin Sardar is one of the world's leading public intellectuals. A broadcaster and cultural commentator, he is the author of over 40 books. His co-authored book Why Do People Hate America? was an international bestseller, and his autobiography, Desperately Seeking Paradise received wide acclaim. Since 9/11 he has been an important Muslim voice in mainstream western media.This book is the perfect introduction to his thinking that brings together some of his key writings in one volume. It provides extracts from...
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Ziauddin Sardar is one of the world's leading public intellectuals. A broadcaster and cultural commentator, he is the author of over 40 books. His co-authored book Why Do People Hate America? was an international bestseller, and his autobiography, Desperately Seeking Paradise received wide acclaim. Since 9/11 he has been an important Muslim voice in mainstream western media.This book is the perfect introduction to his thinking that brings together some of his key writings in one volume. It provides extracts from many of his most acclaimed books, from his early writing right through to his latest thinking. Organised in clear chapters, the extracts are carefully chosen to explore the themes of Islam, science and cultural relations.Drawn from a wide range of sources, this Zia Sardar reader is an accessible introduction to the thinking of one of the leading cultural theorists of our time."One of the finest intellectuals on the planet." Herald Praise for Why Do People Hate America?"[A] sophisticated and grimly amusing analysis." Houston Chronicle"[A] useful challenge to the common American assumption that foreigners who dislike us are ill-informed, envious or "evil." Baltimore Sun"Packed with tightly argued points." Times Higher Education SupplementPraise for Desperately Seeking Paradise:"Bounds forth with extraordinary energy and lightness, propelled at all stages by a passion for knowledge and inquiry." New Statesman"At once earnest and humorous, light-hearted and profound, this is a book that displays a sustained capacity for self-questioning of a kind that has few parallels in the liberal West." Independent
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  • ISBN-13: 9780745325149
  • Publisher: Pluto Press
  • Publication date: 6/13/2006
  • Pages: 360
  • Product dimensions: 5.30 (w) x 8.52 (h) x 0.77 (d)

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Ziauddin Sardar is Visiting Professor of Postcolonial Studies, Department of Arts Policy and Management at the City University, London. He is editor of Futures and co-editor of Third Text. His recent books include Postmodernism and the Other (1998), Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures: A Ziauddin Sardar Reader (2003), the co-authored American Dream, Global Nightmare and What Do Muslims Believe? (2006).
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Table of Contents

Introduction : the ambiguous intellectual 1
1 Jihad for peace 15
2 Re-reading the life of Muhammad 21
3 Faith and the written word 32
4 Rescuing Islam's universities 43
5 What do we mean by Islamic futures? 55
6 Guardians of the planet : Muslims and the environment 91
7 Muslims and philosophy of science 108
8 Dewey departs : ideas on classifying knowledge 114
9 Arguments for an Islamic science 121
10 Islamic science : the way ahead 161
11 Science wars : a postcolonial reading 193
12 Coming home : sex, lies and all the 'I's in India 217
13 The A, B, C, D (and E) of Ashis Nandy 242
14 God bless America! 264
15 Managing diversity : identity and rights in multicultural Europe 270
16 Beyond difference : cultural relations in a new century 288
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