| ID | 080017 |
| Title Proper | Confrontational mutual perceptions and images |
| Other Title Information | orientalism and occidentalism in Europe and the Islamic qorld |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Joffe, George |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Europe's reactions to its recently-constituted Muslim communities reflect its implicit self-image of cultural homogeneity, despite a long tradition of cultural adaption. This, in turn, is a facet of the persistance of an Orientalist vision which stimulates its opposed mirror-image, Occidentalism or Orientalism-in-reverse, as those communities react with a sense of profound alienation. The two interact to generate the cultural and political confrontation that typifies inter-communal relations today, constructing a new inter-communal socio-political boundary that could harden into a permanent divide of mutual hostility. It is this, far more than globalised salafi-jihadism, that explains the political extremism confronting European states today |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 42, No.2; Jun 2007: p161-177 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol. 42, No.2; Jun 2007: p161-177 |
| Key Words | European Union ; Islam ; Muslim Communities |