The study unearths in European writings about chief rivals -- Islamic civilization between the first Crusade in 1095 and the final Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, and the United States of America from independence in 1776 until the present – persistent solicitude regarding Europe’s capacity to lead the world. Intriguingly, however, this very self-doubt prompted the kind of intense introspection which helped, in the past, to forge seismic progressive reform movements such as the Renaissance, Reformation and Scientific Revolution that ultimately propelled Europe past a more inward-looking Islam and which, today, may very well be positioning a rapidly transforming Europe Union to counter the hegemony of a seemingly smug America. The study con...
The book challenges the popular notion of a clash of cultures pitting Muslim and non-Muslim European...
At present, many talk about the issue of cultures or civilizations with much focus being given to th...
Is the postwar partnership between Europe and America now a historical artefact? Much depends on whe...
Until the break-up of the Soviet Union, dominant intellectual and educational cultures in Europe wor...
The leading questions in discussing the role of the Islam in Europe are: how and in what ways did Eu...
America owes its origins to Europe and is unthinkable without Europe, but there has always been a st...
In the wake of the Iraq war of 2003, and in response to the European reaction to the war, a number o...
America and Europe have had very different religious experiences, and these differences have continu...
In the wake of 9/11, citizens of many countries expressed their support for the United States. Withi...
At the height of the imperial age, European powers ruled over most parts of the Islamic world. The B...
The main impact of 9/11 on European societies has been to crystallize the pre-existing debate on imm...
There can be no doubt that the Bush Administration's policies have massively contributed to a hither...
This is an essay of two parts. The first part discusses a ‘solution’ to the potential pr...
In the wake of numerous historical and current geopolitical, social and economic events/tragedies, m...
In this grand overview of transatlantic relations, associate professor of International History at B...
The book challenges the popular notion of a clash of cultures pitting Muslim and non-Muslim European...
At present, many talk about the issue of cultures or civilizations with much focus being given to th...
Is the postwar partnership between Europe and America now a historical artefact? Much depends on whe...
Until the break-up of the Soviet Union, dominant intellectual and educational cultures in Europe wor...
The leading questions in discussing the role of the Islam in Europe are: how and in what ways did Eu...
America owes its origins to Europe and is unthinkable without Europe, but there has always been a st...
In the wake of the Iraq war of 2003, and in response to the European reaction to the war, a number o...
America and Europe have had very different religious experiences, and these differences have continu...
In the wake of 9/11, citizens of many countries expressed their support for the United States. Withi...
At the height of the imperial age, European powers ruled over most parts of the Islamic world. The B...
The main impact of 9/11 on European societies has been to crystallize the pre-existing debate on imm...
There can be no doubt that the Bush Administration's policies have massively contributed to a hither...
This is an essay of two parts. The first part discusses a ‘solution’ to the potential pr...
In the wake of numerous historical and current geopolitical, social and economic events/tragedies, m...
In this grand overview of transatlantic relations, associate professor of International History at B...
The book challenges the popular notion of a clash of cultures pitting Muslim and non-Muslim European...
At present, many talk about the issue of cultures or civilizations with much focus being given to th...
Is the postwar partnership between Europe and America now a historical artefact? Much depends on whe...