Islamic Fundamentalism Since 1945

ISBN-13: 9780415639880 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 176 str.

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Opis

This fully revised and updated second edition of Islamic Fundamentalism since 1945 analyzes the roots and emergence of Islamic movements in the modern world and the main thinkers that inspired them.
Providing a much-needed historical overview, the main facts of Islamic fundamentalism are put in a global context, with a thematic debate of issues such as:

• the effects of colonialism on Islam
• secularism and the Islamic reaction
• Islam and violence
• globalization and transnational Islamic movements
• the Arab Spring.

Islamic Fundamentalism since 1945 provides an authoritative account of the causes and diversity of Islamic fundamentalism, a modern phenomenon which affects nations throughout the world. It is a valuable resource for students and those interested in the history, effects and consequences of these Islamic movements.

Spis treści

1. A Diverse Tradition from Past to Present 2. The Advance of Secularism: Decline of Islam? 3. Identity and Revivalism 4. Islam Armed: Resistance in an Ideological Era 5. Going Global: Fundamentalism and Terror 6. Ground Zero and Islamic Fundamentalism 7. The Arab Spring and Islamism

O autorze

Beverley Milton-Edwards is a Professor in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen's University, Belfast. She is the author of Contemporary Politics in the Middle East (2011), The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Routledge, 2008) and with Peter Hinchcliffe, Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 (Routledge, 2007).