Warren Dockter
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Warren Dockter (born 1982) is an author and historian. He is Research Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.
Biography
Warren Dockter is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and gained his PhD at the University of Nottingham.[1] His book Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East (2015) challenged notions surrounding Winston Churchill's Islamophobia. According to Dockter, Churchill's often quoted criticism of Islam was written during a time of a fundamentalist revolt in Sudan and this statement does not reflect his full views of Islam as a religion, which were "often paradoxical and complex." He could be critical but at times "romanticized" the Islamic world; he exhibited great "respect, understanding and magnanimity."[2][3] Churchill had a fascination of Islam and Islamic civilization.[3] Winston Churchill's future sister-in-law expressed concerns about his fascination by stating, "[p]lease don't become converted to Islam; I have noticed in your disposition a tendency to orientalism." However, Dockter also asserted that Churchill "never seriously considered converting" to Islam.[4][5][6]
Publications
2015: Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East, I.B. Tauris ISBN 978-1780768182
2015: Churchill at the Telegraph (Editor) Aurum ISBN 978-1781314524
External links
- http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-warren-dokter
- http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/our-people/warren-dockter
References
- ↑ http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-warren-dokter
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