Confronting Political Islam
Title | Confronting Political Islam PDF eBook |
Author | John M. Owen IV |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2016-09-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0691173109 |
"Owen is generous, rational and balanced ... [H]e is astute enough to understand the vast real-world differences that block the resolution of conflict."--Publishers Weekly.
Confronting Political Islam (eGalley)
Title | Confronting Political Islam (eGalley) PDF eBook |
Author | John M. Owen |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 224 |
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ISBN | 9781400897681 |
Islam and Democracy in Iran
Title | Islam and Democracy in Iran PDF eBook |
Author | Ziba Mir-Hosseini |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 209 |
Release | 2006-05-26 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0857713752 |
In today's world all eyes are on Iran, which has grappled with an experiment that has had a massive global impact. For some, the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 was the triumph of a modern, political Islam, heralding Muslim justice and economic prosperity. Others, including many of the original revolutionaries, saw religious fanatics attempting to roll back time by creating a despotic theocracy. Either way, the Iranian Revolution changed the Muslim world. It not only inspired the Muslim masses but also reinvigorated intellectual debates on the nature and possibilities of an Islamic state. The new 'Islamic Republic of Iran' combined not just religion and the state, but theocracy and democracy. Yet the revolution's heirs were soon engaged in a protracted struggle over its legacy. Dissident thinkers, from within an Islamic framework, sought a rights-based political order that could accept dissent, tolerance, pluralism, women's rights and civil liberties. Their ideas led directly to the presidency of Mohammad Khatami and, despite their political failure, they did leave a permanent legacy by demystifying Iranian religious politics, and condemning the use of the Shariah to justify autocratic rule. This book tells the story of the reformist movement through the world of Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari. An active supporter of the revolution who became one of the most outspoken critics of theocracy, Eshkevari developed ideas of 'Islamic democratic government', which have attracted considerable attention in Iran and elsewhere. In presenting a selection of Eshkevari's writings, this book reveals the intellectual and political trajectory of a Muslim thinker and his attempts to reconcile Islam with reform and democracy. As such it makes a highly original contribution to our understanding of the difficult social and political issues confronting the Islamic world today.
America and Political Islam
Title | America and Political Islam PDF eBook |
Author | Fawaz A. Gerges |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 276 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780521639576 |
The origins and implications of American policy on political Islam.
Silent No More
Title | Silent No More PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Findley |
Publisher | Amana Books |
Total Pages | 342 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781590080009 |
This book chronicles Paul Findley's far-flung trial of discovery, the false stereotypes of Islam that linger in the minds of the American people, the corrective actions that the leaders of American's seven million Muslims are undertaking, and the community's remarkable progress in mainstream politics.
Understanding Political Islam
Title | Understanding Political Islam PDF eBook |
Author | François Burgat |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 365 |
Release | 2019-12-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1526143461 |
Understanding Political Islam retraces the human and intellectual development that led François Burgat to a very firm conviction: that the roots of the tensions that afflict the Western world’s relationship with the Muslim world are political rather than ideological. In his compelling account of the interactions between personal life-history and professional research trajectories, Burgat examines how the rise of political Islam has been expressed: first in the Arab world, then in its interactions with European and Western societies. An essential continuation of his work on Islamism, Burgat’s unique field research and ‘political trespassing’ marks an overdue challenge to the academic mainstream.
Global Political Islam
Title | Global Political Islam PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Mandaville |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 405 |
Release | 2010-07-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134341369 |
An accessible and comprehensive account of the global dimensions of political Islam in the twenty-first century, explaining political Islam, nationalism and globalization and providing a detailed account of Al Qaeda.