Islam and democracy : fear of the modern world

著者

• Mernissi, Fatima

書誌事項

Islam and democracy : fear of the modern world

Fatima Mernissi ; translated by Mary Jo Lakeland

Addison-Wesley, c1992

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Essential reading for anyone interested in an understanding of the Muslim heart and mind. Is Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalists win out in the Middle East? The groundbreaking Islam and Democracy serves as a guide to the playersfrom feminists to fundamentalistsmoving the pieces on the rather grim Muslim chessboard, and raises provocative questions about the possibilities for democracy and human rights in the Islamic world.

目次

Introduction: The Gulf War: Fear and Its Boundaries * A Mutilated Modernity Fear of the Foreign West Fear of the Imam Fear of Democracy The United Nations Charter The Koran * Sacred Concepts And Profane Anxieties Fear of Freedom of Thought Fear of Individualism Fear of the Past Fear of the Present Womens Song: Destination Freedom Conclusion: The Simorgh Is Us!

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA42540471
• ISBN:
  • 0201624834
• LCCN: 92014666
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 原本言語コード: fre
• 出版地: Reading, Mass.
• ページ数/冊数: 195 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BP163
  • DC20 : 909/.0974927
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Islam -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Civilization, Arab -- 20th century