Understanding political Islam

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Understanding political Islam

François Burgat ; translated by Thomas Hill

Manchester University Press, 2020

1st English-language ed

  • : hardback

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Comprendre l'islam politique : une trajectoire de recherche sur l'altérité islamiste, 1973-2016

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Originally published: Paris : Découverte, 2016

Includes index

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Understanding Political Islam retraces the human and intellectual development that led Francois 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. -- .

Table of Contents

Preface to the English Edition Introduction: Writing the History of a Research Career Part I: Discovering the Muslim "Other" 1 Intuitive Accumulation 2 Algeria: Approaching the Other 3 Prelude in the Jamahiriyya 4 Egypt, Arabic, and Grasping Difference 5 Yemen: Modernisation Without Colonization 6 "Beneath Israel, Palestine" 7 Syria and Bilad Al-Sham Part II: Political Islam: The stakes of an alternative interpretation 9 Being a Political Scientist of the Muslim World 10 Saving the Other's "Others": A French Obsession 11 The Political Cost of Dissent 12 Between Judges and Spooks 13 Wrestling with the Research of Others: Olivier Roy, Gilles Kepel and Islamism 14 The Charlie Hebdo Attacks: Failure of Islam-or Failure of Politics? Conclusion: Where Do We Go Now? -- .

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