Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Start by marking “Islam in Europe” as Want to Read:
Islam in Europe
by
This vigorously argued book reveals the central role that Islam has played in European history. Following the movement of people, culture and religion from East to West, Goody breaks down the perceived opposition between Islam and Europe, showing Islam to be a part of Europe's past and present. In an historical analysis of religious warfare and forced migration, Goody exam
...more
Get A Copy
Paperback, 178 pages
Published
January 26th 2004
by Polity Press
(first published October 28th 2003)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Reader Q&A
To ask other readers questions about
Islam in Europe,
please sign up.
Be the first to ask a question about Islam in Europe
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
Showing 1-30
Start your review of Islam in Europe
Book in search of an editor
There is an old dictum for people who write books: "Write what you know." Sir Jack Goody wrote a lot of anthropology in his long life and it was well-received. When he was in his eighties, he decided to write about the relationship of Islam with Europe and its history IN Europe. This is certainly a relevant topic, one well-worth discussing. As he points out, Islam has a very long history in Europe---in the Iberian peninsula, in Sicily, in the Balkans, and even in Russi ...more
There is an old dictum for people who write books: "Write what you know." Sir Jack Goody wrote a lot of anthropology in his long life and it was well-received. When he was in his eighties, he decided to write about the relationship of Islam with Europe and its history IN Europe. This is certainly a relevant topic, one well-worth discussing. As he points out, Islam has a very long history in Europe---in the Iberian peninsula, in Sicily, in the Balkans, and even in Russi ...more
Let me start with the most important: DO NOT BUY (OR READ) THIS BOOK!!!
First of all, this book is not about "Islam in Europe." In fact, only the first chapter is on Islam in Europe. The other three chapters are on barely related topics. Chapter 2 (Bitter Icons and Ethnic Cleansing) is inspired by a vacation to Cyprus and makes some interesting, but totally irrelevant, points about the concept of 'ethnicity'. Chapter 3 (Islam and Terrorism) mainly serves to critique Israel, while Chapter 4 speaks ...more
First of all, this book is not about "Islam in Europe." In fact, only the first chapter is on Islam in Europe. The other three chapters are on barely related topics. Chapter 2 (Bitter Icons and Ethnic Cleansing) is inspired by a vacation to Cyprus and makes some interesting, but totally irrelevant, points about the concept of 'ethnicity'. Chapter 3 (Islam and Terrorism) mainly serves to critique Israel, while Chapter 4 speaks ...more
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Readers also enjoyed
Sir John (Jack) Rankine Goody (born 27 July 1919) is a British social anthropologist. He has been a prominent teacher at Cambridge University, he was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1976,[1] and he is an associate of the US National Academy of Sciences. Among his main publications are Death, property and the ancestors (1962), The myth of the Bagre (1972) and The domestication of the savag
...more
News & Interviews
Readers have a lot to look forward to this year! Just feast your eyes upon all of these debut books to check out and emerging authors to...
165 likes · 42 comments
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
