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<p> Zaidi's book is an important contribution to the global Islam-Modernity debate. --Ernest Wolf-Gazo, Professor of Philosophy, the American University in Cairo<p> Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences is a complex and demanding exposition of the epistemological problems that confront any dialogue between civilizations, especially between Islam and the West, but it is also wholly rewarding and captivating. Can a dialogue between civilizations ultimately replace the destructive clash of civilizations that has raged since 9/11? Ali Zaidi offers a masterly analysis of various attempts, from Max Weber to Jurgen Habermas, to understand other cultures[...] How can we understand the truth claims of Islam and at the same time dismiss the Other's notion of the sacred? Faced with the bleak prospect of an endless conflict of civilizations, dialogue may be all that we have to hope for. As a result, Ali Zaidi's book is an urgent prerequisite for more productive conversations. --Bryan S. Turner, Presidential Professor of Sociology, the Graduate Center, City University of New York

Zaidi's book is an important contribution to the global Islam-Modernity debate. - Ernest Wolf-Gazo, Professor of Philosophy, the American University in Cairo Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences is a complex and demanding exposition of the epistemological problems that confront any dialogue between civilizations, especially between Islam and the West, but it is also wholly rewarding and captivating. Can a dialogue between civilizations ultimately replace the destructive clash of civilizations that has raged since 9/11? Ali Zaidi offers a masterly analysis of various attempts, from Max Weber to Jurgen Habermas, to understand other cultures[...] How can we understand the truth claims of Islam and at the same time dismiss the Other s notion of the sacred? Faced with the bleak prospect of an endless conflict of civilizations, dialogue may be all that we have to hope for. As a result, Ali Zaidi s book is an urgent prerequisite for more productive conversations. - Bryan S. Turner, Presidential Professor of Sociology, the Graduate Center, City University of New York

'...an important contribution to the literature on the debates concerning indigenous/religious/Islamic sciences and modern human and social sciences. It is a book that no serious student of these fields should neglect.' -Ali Paya, University of Westminster, Journal of Islamic Studies

<p> Zaidi's book is an important contribution to the global Islam-Modernity debate. --Ernest Wolf-Gazo, Professor of Philosophy, the American University in Cairo<p> Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences is a complex and demanding exposition of the epistemological problems that confront any dialogue between civilizations, especially between Islam and the West, but it is also wholly rewarding and captivating. Can a dialogue between civilizations ultimately replace the destructive clash of civilizations that has raged since 9/11? Ali Zaidi offers a masterly analysis of various attempts, from Max Weber to Jurgen Habermas, to understand other cultures[...] How can we understand the truth claims of Islam and at the same time dismiss the Other's notion of the sacred? Faced with the bleak prospect of an endless conflict of civilizations, dialogue may be all that we have to hope for. As a result, Ali Zaidi's book is an urgent prerequisite for more productive conversations. --Bryan S. Tur

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Ali Zaidi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University inWaterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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