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'This is a fresh look at debates such as Ibn Khaldun's theory of history, Hegel's understanding of Islam and the Anglo-French occupation of Egypt. Tying them together is a powerful argument about Islam's relation to intellectual history. Here is a literary scholar of great erudition skillfully redeploying the postcolonial critique of Orientalism in the face of a renewed demonization of Islam.' - Partha Chatterjee, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University; 'An artfully written, colloquially vibrant work of demystifying scholarship. Salama has written the best study I know on the nagging misrecognition of Arabs and Muslims in the West by brilliantly re-thinking the much-maligned concepts of history and modernity across the East/West divide.' - Timothy Brennan, Professor, Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota; '[A] groundbreaking work ... accessible to a broad audience despite its formidable ideas and its scope. Salama goes to great lengths to make it compelling for both specialists and students.' - Emily Gottreich, Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of History and International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley; 'Well-written in an engaging style that expresses complex concepts in an eloquent yet accessible manner, this book examines key encounters between East and West in depth, with nuance, and using a wide range of sources from an abundance of disciplines, geographical locations and theoretical orientations. This book will be invaluable to scholars of Literature, History and Islamic Studies, to name just a few fields.' - Ghada Osman, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages, San Diego State University; 'This is a book of tremendous insight and erudition. Dr Salama's analysis is both provocative and expertly rendered, and he writes astutely about matters that have largely been ignored in both scholarly and popular discourses.' - Steven Salaita, Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; 'Cleverly interrogating the many assumptions about Islam that pervade current discourse, this book will be indispensable for students and scholars interested in Islam, European colonialism, postcolonial studies and intellectual history.' - Dustin Cowell, Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison

'An artfully written, colloquially vibrant work of demystifying scholarship. Salama has written the best study I know on the nagging misrecognition of Arabs and Muslims in the West by brilliantly re-thinking the much-maligned concepts of 'history' and 'modernity' across the East/West divide. At once a primer on Arabic intellectual traditions and an explosive and original re-reading of Ibn Khaldun and Hegel. Generous, hugely informative, and against the grain.' - Timothy Brennan, Professor, Department of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature, and English, University of Minnesota; 'Dr. Salama has written a book of tremendous insight and erudition. Not only is the subject matter timely, it is also presented with original research and analysis. Setting out to examine modern encounters between Islam and the West from the point of view of intellectual history, he pulls together these dialectical elements for a much-needed exploration of Islamic thought. Dr. Salama's analysis is both provocative and expertly rendered, and he writes astutely about matters that have largely been ignored in both scholarly and popular discourses. For instance, most scholars of critical theory, postcolonialism and intellectual history have little idea of Islam's emergence as both a category and idea in British explorations of modernity vis-a-vis its Muslim-majority colonies. Dr. Salama's discussion of intellectual traditions beyond the problematic notion of a clash of civilizations provides this book with a particular urgency.' - Steven Salaita, Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and author of The Uncultured Wars: Arabs, Muslims, and the Poverty of Liberal Thought (2008); 'Islam, Orientalism and Intellectual History investigates the underlying assumptions of the grand overarching narratives European historians have constructed in the writing of world history and the role these 'meta-narratives' assign Europe in the development of human civilization, especially with regard to Europe's relationship to Islam and the Arabic-speaking world. Dr Salama's book cleverly interrogates the many assumptions about Islam that pervade current discourse, assumptions and practices which have come to loom large in the aftermath of the tragedy of September 11, 2001. This book will be indispensable for students and scholars interested in Islam, European colonialism, postcolonial studies and intellectual history. The book is also useful to those interested in Middle Eastern history, the history of colonialism, and issues of human rights in the light of the colonial past and current perceptions of Muslim immigrants in the West.' - Dustin Cowell, Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 'This masterfully conceived and superbly crafted volume brings together areas of important inquiry that have not previously been studied as a unit, thereby shedding light and providing insight on a subject that is in many ways the issue 'du jour'. Well-written in an engaging style that expresses complex concepts in an eloquent yet accessible manner, the book examines key 'encounters' between East and West - including the construction of Islam in the public sphere and modern philosophy of Western Europe, and colonial and postcolonial battles over the location of Ibn Khald?n's theory of history both in 'the West' and the Arab world - in depth, with nuance, and using a wide range of sources from an abundance of disciplines, geographical locations, and theoretical orientations. Bringing together insights, theoretical forays and nuanced examinations that are enriching, this book will be invaluable to scholars of Literature, History and Islamic Studies, to name just a few fields. I also believe that sections of the work could be assigned as reading materials in the college classroom.' - Ghada Osman, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages, San Diego State University

'This is a fresh look at debates such as Ibn Khaldun's theory of history, Hegel's understanding of Islam and the Anglo-French occupation of Egypt. Tying them together is a powerful argument about Islam's relation to intellectual history. Here is a literary scholar of great erudition skillfully redeploying the postcolonial critique of Orientalism in the face of a renewed demonization of Islam.' - Partha Chatterjee, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University; 'An artfully written, colloquially vibrant work of demystifying scholarship. Salama has written the best study I know on the nagging misrecognition of Arabs and Muslims in the West by brilliantly re-thinking the much-maligned concepts of historyA and modernityA across the East/West divide.' - Timothy Brennan, Professor, Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota; '[A] groundbreaking work ... accessible to a broad audience despite its formidable ideas and its scope. Salama goes to great lengths to make it compelling for both specialists and students.' - Emily Gottreich, Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of History and International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley; 'Well-written in an engaging style that expresses complex concepts in an eloquent yet accessible manner, this book examines key encountersA between East and West in depth, with nuance, and using a wide range of sources from an abundance of disciplines, geographical locations and theoretical orientations. This book will be invaluable to scholars of Literature, History and Islamic Studies, to name just a few fields.' - Ghada Osman, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages, San Diego State University; 'This is a book of tremendous insight and erudition. Dr Salama's analysis is both provocative and expertly rendered, and he writes astutely about matters that have largely been ignored in both scholarly and popular discourses.' - Steven Salaita, Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; 'Cleverly interrogating the many assumptions about Islam that pervade current discourse, this book will be indispensable for students and scholars interested in Islam, European colonialism, postcolonial studies and intellectual history.' - Dustin Cowell, Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison

'This is a fresh look at debates such as Ibn Khaldun's theory of history, Hegel's understanding of Islam and the Anglo-French occupation of Egypt. Tying them together is a powerful argument about Islam's relation to intellectual history. Here is a literary scholar of great erudition skillfully redeploying the postcolonial critique of Orientalism in the face of a renewed demonization of Islam.' - Partha Chatterjee, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University; 'An artfully written, colloquially vibrant work of demystifying scholarship. Salama has written the best study I know on the nagging misrecognition of Arabs and Muslims in the West by brilliantly re-thinking the much-maligned concepts of ""history"" and ""modernity"" across the East/West divide.' - Timothy Brennan, Professor, Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota; '[A] groundbreaking work ... accessible to a broad audience despite its formidable ideas and its scope. Salama goes to great lengths to make it compelling for both specialists and students.' - Emily Gottreich, Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of History and International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley; 'Well-written in an engaging style that expresses complex concepts in an eloquent yet accessible manner, this book examines key ""encounters"" between East and West in depth, with nuance, and using a wide range of sources from an abundance of disciplines, geographical locations and theoretical orientations. This book will be invaluable to scholars of Literature, History and Islamic Studies, to name just a few fields.' - Ghada Osman, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages, San Diego State University; 'This is a book of tremendous insight and erudition. Dr Salama's analysis is both provocative and expertly rendered, and he writes astutely about matters that have largely been ignored in both scholarly and popular discourses.' - Steven Salaita, Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; 'Cleverly interrogating the many assumptions about Islam that pervade current discourse, this book will be indispensable for students and scholars interested in Islam, European colonialism, postcolonial studies and intellectual history.' - Dustin Cowell, Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Mohammad R. Salama is Assistant Professor of Arabic at San Francisco State University and specializes in modern Arabic literature, Arab colonial and postcolonial thought, intellectual history and Arab cultural studies. He is the co-editor of 'German Colonialism: Race, the Holocaust, and Postwar Germany' (2011).

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