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A Fundamental Fear: Eurocentrism and the Emergence of Islamism
by S Sayid
(Zed Books, £12.99)
THE RISE of Islamism as a major political force in the Middle East and to some extent elsewhere has been one of the most important political developments of the last 40 years.
It is also one that has rendered much of the secular left bewildered and incoherent.
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