Beate Thill Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

Frühling 1989. Thelja fährt nach Straßburg, um neun Nächte mit François zu verbringen. Neun Liebesnächte voll sinnlicher Trunkenheit, aber auch geteilter Erinnerungen. In den frühen Morgenstunden flaniert sie durch die Gassen und an den Ufern entlang, wo der Nebel sich langsam lichtet. Stets ist das Straßburger Münster im Zentrum ihrer Gedanken, ihrer Spaziergänge, während sie in die Geschichte dieser Stadt und ihrer Menschen eintaucht. Unter der Oberfläche erkennt sie beklemmende Schatten der Vergangenheit. Sogar in den lustvollen Stunden der Leidenschaft können sie aufbrechen wie schlecht verheilte Wunden.

In this impassioned, erudite, and deeply moving book, Abdelwahab Meddeb, born and raised in Tunis and now living in Paris, details the breadth and scope of the Arab intellectual tradition and dismantles common preconceptions held by the Islamic and Western worlds. He describes the growing resentment between the West and the Islamic world as being due, in large part, to Islam's drift away from its own pluralist tradition. Tracing the history of the "conquering" of the Arab world by the West, he provides a detailed history of the ways in which Islamic fundamentalism has come to compensate for Western dominance. Directly addressing the terrorist attacks of September 11, he challenges us to reconsider the presumption that the gulf between the Islamic world and the West is too wide to breach.The "malady" of Islam lies in its alienation from the West and the corrosive influence that fundamentalism has wrought. This book is a correction of the historical record, a passionate description of the best of Islamic thought and culture, and an absolutely necessary read for those seeking a better understanding not only of Islam but also ourselves.