A Dimension of the War of Ideas

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A Dimension of the War of Ideas

From Cultural Tensions to Political Conflict: A Dimension of the War of Ideas

June 17, 2010 | 12:00PM

Berkley Center third floor conference room 3307 M St. Suite 200

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Bassam Tibi, author of Islam’s Predicament with Modernity, argues that cultural tensions—if not dealt with and tamed—can escalate and lead to political conflict. In this lunchtime meeting, he will discuss how disagreements over values systems between Islam and the West are not a “clash of civilizations,” but can be resolved through intra-civilizational dialogue. Tibi also critically distinguishes “Islamism” from Islam, arguing that there is a war of ideas between Islamism and the vision of democratic peace.
 

Bassam Tibi is A.D. White Professor at Cornell University and Professor of International Relations at the University of Göttingen (Germany). He has been a visiting scholar at various universities on five continents and during the summer of 2010 he is a visiting senior fellow at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies in Washington, DC. He is considered the founder of the school of thought known as “Euro-Islam.” He is the author of 26 books in German, and six original books written in English. His books have been translated into 16 languages. Outside of academia Professor Tibi had worked in many institutions, including five years as a member of the Goethe-assembly and also for five years as a member of the Bosch Colleges for postgraduate funding. In 1995, German President Roman Herzog gave The Tibi Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class “for a better understanding of Islam in Germany and for his mediation between the civilizations,” and in 2003 Tibi shared the annual Award of the Swiss Foundation for Western Consciousness.
 

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