{"product_id":"democratic-criticism-poetics-of-incitement-and-the-muslim-sacred-paperback-1","title":"Democratic Criticism: Poetics of Incitement and the Muslim Sacred - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMasood Ashraf Raja\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the publication of Salman Rushdie's \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), the poetics of incitement-- found in texts originating in the West containing themes and representations of Islam hurtful to Muslims--became an accepted method of textual production in the West. Production of such texts intensified after the attacks of 9\/11. \u003ci\u003eDemocratic Criticism: Poetics of Incitement and the Muslim Sacred \u003c\/i\u003eby Masood Ashraf Raja urges a new mode of reading, one that permits Western readers to transcend local reading practices in order to, as best as one can, read from the point of view of the Other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaja argues that the lack of understanding of Muslim responses to the poetics of incitement in the West is the result of a lack of cross-cultural knowledge. He claims metropolitan universities often do not teach the proper social, historical, and religious context required for effectively reading these texts with any form of cultural knowledge. To remedy this, Raja offers and theorizes \"democratic reading practices\" and new ways for students to engage with texts. A genealogy of the Muslim Sacred is included, thereby giving readers the history and specific knowledge that constitutes an average Muslim reader of these texts, a subject who should be imagined and empathized with when those in the West read works of the poetics of incitement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemocratic Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e encourages Western readers to develop a deeper understanding of the meaning-making processes of the Islamic world while at the same time encouraging the Muslim readers to read representations of the Islamic world with a more expansive understanding. It will be a helpful tool in creating reading practices that allow both teachers and students of literature to transcend their mode of reading as universal and to read from the perspective of the Other, and allow readers to engage meaningfully with these texts. Students and scholars of world literature, history, and religious studies will find this book insightful and valuable.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasood Ashraf Raja\u003c\/b\u003e is a former associate professor of Postcolonial literature and author of several books, most recently ISIS: Ideology, Symbolics and Counter Narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 225\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42643293732960,"sku":"9781643150451","price":41.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/M2l6d3RTUGdzVHpoN3lvU3JlMUV0Zz09.webp?v=1773334824","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/democratic-criticism-poetics-of-incitement-and-the-muslim-sacred-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}