Book Summary
In this book Franco Cardini examines the ideas, prejudices, disinformation and anti-information that have formed and coloured Europe's attitude towards Islam. Encompassing 1500 years of ideological interchange and armed conflict, he retells the mutual histories of East and West and examines how and why misunderstanding has occurred The author focuses primarily on the Islam of the Mediterranean (Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa) with which Europeans came into contact over a long period, but stresses that Islam should not be treated as homogenous. The book concludes with a consideration of the role of Islam within Europe today, a role that is growing yet remains contested. In this book Franco Cardini examines the ideas, prejudices, disinformation and anti-information that have formed and coloured Europe's attitude towards Islam over 1500 years.
Book Details
| Book Name | Europe And Islam |
| Author | Franco Cardini, Caroline Beamish, Jacques Le Goff |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing (July 2001, Wiley-blackwell) |
| ISBN | 9780631226376 |
| Pages | 256 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1888 |
