The Next Threat

Western Perceptions of Islam

Author: Jochen Hippler and Andrea Lueg Series: Transnational Institute

Islamic culture can easily be stereotyped in the Western media and even into this century the orient has been romanticised and mythologised. In The Next Threat, five authors from widely differing backgrounds argue that these perceptions are maintained in the current policies of Western governments and institutions.

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Western perceptions of the Middle East have all too often been simplified. Islamic culture can easily be stereotyped in the Western media and even into this century the orient has been romanticised and mythologised. In The Next Threat, five authors from widely differing backgrounds argue that these perceptions are maintained in the current policies of Western governments and institutions.

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“'A sustained and well-researched expos”

é of crude simplifications and prejudice in public policy debates' -- Journal of Peace Research

About the Author

Jochen Hippler is a political scientist and peace researcher based at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He is the former Director of the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam, and author of Nation-Building (Pluto, 2005) and The Next Threat (Pluto, 1995).Andrea Lueg is a freelance journalist working on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and women in Islamic societies. She has worked extensively in the West Bank, Pakistan and Afghanistan and is the author, with Jochen Hippler, of Gewalt als Politik [Violent Politics] (1987).