Britain & Islam
Pugh, Martin2019
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An eye-opening history of Britain and the Islamic world-a thousand-year relationship that is closer, deeper, and more mutually beneficial than is often recognized An eye-opening history of Britain and the Islamic worlda thousand-year relationship that is closer, deeper, and more mutually beneficial than is often recognized In this broad yet sympathetic surveyranging from the Crusades to the modern dayMartin Pugh explores the social, political, and cultural encounters between Britain and Islam. He looks, for instance, at how reactions against the Crusades led to Anglo-Muslim collaboration under the Tudors, at how Britain posed as defender of Islam in the Victorian period, and at her role in rearranging the Muslim world after 1918. Pugh argues that, contrary to current assumptions, Islamic groups have often embraced Western ideas, including modernization and liberal democracy. He shows how the difficulties and Islamophobia that Muslims have experienced in Britain since the 1970s are largely caused by an acute crisis in British national identity. In truth, Muslims have become increasingly key participants in mainstream British societyin culture, sport, politics, and the economy.
Main title:
Britain & Islam / Martin Pugh.
Author:
Pugh, Martin, author
Work:
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Collation:
xv, 319 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300234947 (hbk)
Dewey class:
297.0941
LC class:
BP65
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
335260