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Informationen zum Autor Seyed Javad Miri is a leading social theorist at the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies in Iran. He has taught in more than 70 countries and written 40 books on sociology and religion, including his most recent work, Islamism and Post-Islamism (University Press of America). Klappentext This book examines the significance of Malcolm X as a social theorist. Though Malcolm X has been studied and written about extensively, this is the first book to offer an in depth analysis of his contributions to critical social theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrologueIntroductionChapter 1: Novel Strategies of InterpretationNovel Reading StrategiesUniform Strategies of ReadingHouse Negro and Field NegroAcademic Form of AnalysisChapter 2: Undisciplinary Fields of KnowledgeDescartes versus RumiTutelage and the Riddle of SubjectivitySymbolism UnthoughtField Strategies of ResistanceChapter 3: Violence, Religion, and ExtremismMilitant Secularism and Fanatic Religionism Racial RevolutionHistoriography of Revolt/Revolution in SociologyRevolution and Radical Means of Political TransformationChapter 4: The Epic of AmericaThe Mystery of UnsaidRacism and American Foreign PolicyIslam, Religion, and the Question of Hermeneutics Good SocietyThe Prophetic and the AnalyticAcademia and the Prophetic PerspectivePersonal Scholarly NarrativeEpilogueReferences

Product details

• Authors: Seyed Javad Miri, Miri Seyed Javad
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2015
• EAN: 9780761866077
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6607-7
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, Ethnic Studies, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Violence in society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Black & Asian Studies, Violence and abuse in society, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General