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Professor Esposito was the academician who built bridges in an era of walls, fostered dialogue in an age of clash of civilizations, and devoted his life to “overcoming Orientalism.”
Esposito challenged the idea that the post-Cold War Muslim world represented a unified civilizational enemy of the West.
Tracing a lifelong effort to reconcile Islam with reason, freedom, and moral autonomy, Akyol’s journey reflects a sustained attempt to revive a tradition of interpretation against the weight of orthodoxy and power.