At 10:59 PM -0400 27/6/03, Pierre Joris wrote:
>_The Malady Of Islam _
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> by Abdelwahab Meddeb
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>translated from the French by Pierre Joris & Ann Reid
Congratulatons Pierre - that looks like a must have. I presume that
in part it follows up Said's contention about how Western orientalist
attitudes have come to dominate Islam's views of itself, which I
thought was intriguing (and true)?
I hope you'll forgive me for blowing my own horn for a second and
pointing out that there's a wonderful interview with Abdelwahab
Meddeb in Masthead 5, at
http://au.geocities.com/masthead_2/issue5/meddeb1.html
Best
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