A Fundamental Fear

The fear and anxiety aroused by Islamism is not a myth, nor is it simply a consequence of terrorism or fundamentalism.Writing in 1997, before 9/11 and before the austerity that has bred a new generation of far right groups across Europe and the US, S. Sayyid warned of a spectre haunting Western civilization. This groundbreaking book, banned by the Malaysian government, is both an analysis of the conditions that have made ''Islamic fundamentalism'' possible and a provocative account of the ways in which Muslim identities have come to play an increasingly political role throughout the world.This is a pioneering, provocative and intricately crafted study, which shows the challenge of Islamism is not only geopolitical or even cultural but also epistemological.>

Product details

• Authors: Bobby S Sayyid, Bobby S. Sayyid, S. Sayyid
• Assisted by: Pnina Werbner (Editor), Richard Werbner (Editor), Hamid Dabashi (Foreword)
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9781783601912
• ISBN: 978-1-78360-191-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 220 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Critique Influence Change; Critique Influence Change
• Subject: Non-fiction book