by Francesca Bocca-Aldaqre
The West is looking for its own identity, and the temptation is the shortcut of defining itself in opposition to Islam. These pages attempt a recomposition. Islam and the West are no longer geographical or ideological identities, but conceptualisations.
In each chapter, a soul from the West and one from Islam – whether real or imagined, of words or of action – appear juxtaposed to recognize, define, and complement themselves.
Nietzsche in Paradise is a sort of retrospective manifesto which, in bringing together the West and Islam, in making them a single thought, forcefully rejects the theoretical formulation that sees opposition as the only possible maker of identity.
Francesca Bocca-Aldaqre, one of Italy’s leading Muslim writers, holds a PhD in Systemic Neurosciences. Her interests are at the convergence of psychology, history of ideas and theology. She has been working for more than a decade in the field of Islamic and Western higher education, and has written essays, poetry collections and theatre plays in the Italian language.
Published by Muslim Academic Trust
ISBN 978 1 902350 16 5
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