Muslim Responses to Globalization

Abstract

One of the consequences of the post-11 September war on terrorism has been the appearance of numerous attempts, both in academia and in the press, to explain 'Muslim rage', 'why they hate us', and 'what we can do about it'. Much of the reporting has correctly focused on Western culture as a source of antagonism in the Muslim world. However, few analyses have focused on the role of globalization - and the new matrices of cultural, economic and political interaction it has produced - in perpetuating and even exacerbating the hostility between segments of Muslim and Western societies.