A Fundamental Fear: Eurocentrism and the emergence of Islamism was first published by Zed Books Ltd, 7 Cynthia Street, London N I ~ J F , UK, and Room 400, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA, in 1997.

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