Rushdie Affair - 2nd Edition

Taylor & Francis

The Rushdie AffairThe Novel, the Ayatollah and the West\nAuthor(s): Daniel Pipes\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138538368, 978-1138538368\nSynopsis\nThe publication in 1988 of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses triggered a furor that pitted much of the Islamic world against the West over issues of blasphemy and freedom of expression. The controversy soon took on the aspect of a confrontation of civilizations, provoking powerful emotions on a global level. It involved censorship, protests, riots, a break in diplomatic relations, culminating in the notorious Iranian edict calling for the death of the novelist. In The Rushdie Affair, Daniel Pipes explains why the publication of The Satanic Verses became a cataclysmic event with far-reaching political and social consequences.\n\nPipes looks at the Rushdie affair in both its political and cultural aspects and shows in considerable detail what the fundamentali.