Psychoanalysis and the Challenge of Islam
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0816648891
ISBN-13
9780816648894
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Imprint
University of Minnesota Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 12th, 2009
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
378 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 15.10 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Middle EastIslamClinical psychologyClinical psychologyIslam
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Unveils the psychoanalytic undercurrents of contemporary Islam
Fethi Benslama is a psychoanalyst who, although a secular thinker, identifies himself as a person of Muslim culture who rejects ready-made explanations for Islamic fundamentalism. In that spirit, Benslama demythifies both Islam and Western ideas of the religion by addressing the psychoanalytic root causes of the Muslim world’s clash with modernity and subsequent turn to fundamentalism.
Tracing this ideological strain to its origins, Benslama shows that contemporary Islam consists of a fairly recent hybridization of Arab nationalism, theocracy, and an attempt (both naÏve and deadly) to ground science in faith. Combining textual analysis and Lacanian and Freudian psychoanalysis, he examines Islam’s foundation, providing fresh readings of the book of Genesis, the Koran, The Arabian Nights, and the work of medieval Islamic philosophers.Refreshingly, Benslama writes without ideological bias and undoes the simplistic, Western view of Islam while refusing to romanticize terrorism or Muslim extremism. This is a penetrating work that reveals an alternate history of the Islamic religion and opens new possibilities for its future development.Get Psychoanalysis and the Challenge of Islam by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by University of Minnesota Press and it has pages.
