Islam in the political process
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Islam in the political process
Royal Institute of International Affairs , Cambridge University Press, 1983
- : pbk
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  Niigata
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  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Iranian revolution greatly aroused outsiders' curiosity and misunderstanding of Islam. The relatively easy overthrow of the Shah and the pronouncements of the new Iranian regime brought to the forefront an image of 'militant Islam' which has survived in one form or another since the Crusades. At the time, there was the assumption in the West that Islam was inevitably revolutionary, militant, or at least anti-Western and that the Iranian example was likely to be repeated in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and other countries where Muslims predominated. Originally published in paperback in 1983, this book was designed to examine such assumptions and to analyse the complex roles which Islam plays in the political process of several countries. Although the authors called upon the insights of various disciplines, and chose different approaches, they all shared the conviction that the idea of 'Islamic politics' needed to be made specific if crude stereotypes about Islam were to be avoided.
Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Introduction James P. Piscatori
- 2. In the Pharaoh's shadow: religion and authority in Egypt Fouad Ajami
- 3. Islam and politics in the Sudan Alexander S. Cudsi
- 4. Ideological politics in Saudi Arabia James P. Piscatori
- 5. The Islamic factor in Syrian and Iraqi politics Michael C. Hudson
- 6. Popular Puritanism versus state reformism: Islam in Algeria Jean-Claude Vatin
- 7. Sufi politics in Senegal Donal B. Cruise O'Brien
- 8. Religion and politics in modern Turkey Serif Mardin
- 9. Iran: Khumayni's concept of the 'Guardianship of the Jurisconsult' Hamid Enayat
- 10. The politics of Islam and Islamization in Pakistan David Taylor
- 11. Faith as the outsider: Islam in Indonesian politics Ruth McVey
- 12. Conclusion Albert Hourani
- Index.
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