Political Islam: A Critical Reader

ISBN-13: 9780415560283 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 488 str.

Frederic Volpi

Opis

As the topic of political Islam gains increased visibility in international politics and current affairs, it has become more difficult to navigate the vast literature that is devoted to explaining this phenomenon. This reader provides the student with an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the study of political Islam.

Recenzje

"Frédéric Volpi has collected an impressive reader of short articles from many of the scholars who have been writing about the issue for the past two decades."

Daniel Martin Varisco, Review Essay: The Perpetual Politics of Islam, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

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.