Political Islam : A Critical Reader

ISBN-13: 9780415560276 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 488 str.

Frederic Volpi

Opis

This reader provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of political Islam. It gives the student a clear route to the most influential literature in the field and covers the development of Islamist groups across the globe, the links with domestic conflicts, multiculturalism, terrorism, globalization and identity.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Critically Studying Political Islam  2. Modern Understandings and Explanations of Islamism  3. Political Islam, the State and Political Power  4. Political Islam and Democracy  5. Islamist Movements in Multicultural Settings  6. Political Islam and Political Violence  7. The Globalization of Islamism  8. The Future of Political Islam

O autorze

Frédéric Volpi is Deputy Director of the Institute of Middle East and Central Asia Studies and Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of a number of books on political Islam and democracy in the Muslim world, and is coordinator of the BRISMES research network.