Haideh moghissi biography of williams

In , York political science Professor Haideh Moghissi published Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis, a book that was the source of much public and scholarly debate.

Right: Haideh Moghissi

Though more than a decade has passed, Moghissi’s book continues to be both timely and relevant.

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It recently caught the eye of Pronesis Publishing in Seoul, South Korea, and was translated and re-published. 

“Scholarly and popular writings have long been fraught with stereotypes and a Euro-centric sense of moral superiority towards Islam and Muslim women,” says Moghissi, who is also associate dean external relations in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.

“This book is critical of these inherited colonial perceptions. But it is equally critical of those who, in challenging these stereotypes, resort to justifying the aspects of Islamist gender practices that punis