Is There an Islamic Problem?: Essays on Islamicate Societies, the US, and Israel

by Mohammad Shahid Alam

The essays in this book explore the underground history of September 11. They connect the present to the past, the dispossessed Palestinians to the history of their dispossession, the destruction of Iraq to American empire and the Zionist project, the disequilibrium in Islamicate societies to the history of their dismemberment, the Islamicate resistance to the human instinct for self-preservation. In other words, these essays are about the malformations and misadventures of global capitalism in one vital sector of the world - the Islamicate societies, now nearing a quarter of the world's population.

Genres: Islam

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2004

About the author

Mohammad Shahid Alam (M. Shahid Alam) is a Professor of Economics at Northeastern University, Boston. His writings have appeared in leading economics journals, including American Economic Review, Cambridge Journal of Economics , and Kyklos. His books include Poverty From The Wealth Of Nations (2000).