TY - BOOK
T1 - Islamic Myths and Memories
T2 - Mediators of Globalization
AU - Weismann, Itzchak
AU - Sedgwick, Mark
AU - Mårtensson, Ulrika
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2014 Itzchak Weismann, mark sedgwick and Ulrika mårtensson.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Islamic myths and collective memory are very much alive in today’s localized struggles for identity, and are deployed in the ongoing construction of worldwide cultural networks. This book brings the theoretical perspectives of myth-making and collective memory to the study of Islam and globalization and to the study of the place of the mass media in the contemporary Islamic resurgence. It explores the annulment of spatial and temporal distance by globalization and by the communications revolution underlying it, and how this has affected the cherished myths and memories of the Muslim community. It shows how contemporary Islamic thinkers and movements respond to the challenges of globalization by preserving, reviving, reshaping, or transforming myths and memories.
AB - Islamic myths and collective memory are very much alive in today’s localized struggles for identity, and are deployed in the ongoing construction of worldwide cultural networks. This book brings the theoretical perspectives of myth-making and collective memory to the study of Islam and globalization and to the study of the place of the mass media in the contemporary Islamic resurgence. It explores the annulment of spatial and temporal distance by globalization and by the communications revolution underlying it, and how this has affected the cherished myths and memories of the Muslim community. It shows how contemporary Islamic thinkers and movements respond to the challenges of globalization by preserving, reviving, reshaping, or transforming myths and memories.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148117726&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315590042
DO - https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315590042
M3 - Book
SN - 9781472411495
BT - Islamic Myths and Memories
ER -