Open AccessChristoph Marcinkowski (Ed.), The Islamic World and the West: Managing Religious and Cultural Identities in the Age of Globalisation
Author(s) -
Eric Winkel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
islam and civilisational renewal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2041-8728
pISSN - 2041-871X
DOI - 10.52282/icr.v3i1.591
Subject(s) - islam , globalization , construct (python library) , sociology , muslim world , social science , epistemology , political science , philosophy , law , theology , computer science , programming language
Perhaps the most important service academic writing can serve is to make us challenge our conceptions and assumptions. And then, if possible, to help us construct other conceptions that may serve us better. The collected work The Islamic World and the West does both of these services admirably.