Title: What else can go wrong?
Product review: Bernard Lewis is a someone who has once again reconsructed bi-polar categories of thinking which undermines any fresh manner of perceiving Islam. In his book; "What Went Wrong?" it is evident that he is reifying the image and perception of the Muslim world in the negative. He makes the claim that Muslims have been in some intellectual or cultural "lack" or are "inadequate" because unlike the hyberbolic "west", they do not listen to Beethoven or read Decartes. As a reader, I feel that Lewis has missed the mark in understanding much about thinking critically about how polarized the Islamic world has been throughout history. I am sad to say that this text leaves you in the vacous battle of the West/ East or in this case, Islam and the west. I do not recommend Lewis' s work for anyone interested in learning about Islam for the first time but if you want an example of how Lewis' West looks like, please do read his work.
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