Islamic Revivalism in Syria: The Rise and Fall of Ba'thist Secularism

ISBN-13: 9781138789340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 262 str.

Line Khatib

Opis

This text describes Syria's present day Islamic groups - particularly their social profile and ideology - as well as offering an explanation of their resurgence. It also examines the government's shift from promoting secularism to muting secularism and co-opting Islamic sectors.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to the Subject of Secularism and Islamic Revivalism in Syria  Part 1: The Origins of the Conflict  2. The Rise of a Secular Party to Power  3. The Rise and Fall of Political Islam in Syria  Part 2: Hafez al-Asad's Era and the Conflict with the Muslim Brotherhood: Muting of Ba'thist Secularism in Syria  4. Conflict with the Muslim Brotherhood  5. Resurgence of Neo-fundamentalism and Decline of Political Islam as a Model for Change (1982-2000)  Part 3: Bashar al-Asad's Era: Fundamentalist and Islamist Revivalism  6. Bashar al-Asad Following in his Father’s Footsteps: the Promotion of Moderate Islam from Above in the Name of De-Radicalization  7. Islamization from Below: Islamic Revivalism as a Model for Social Change and the Erosion of Ba´thist Secularism  8. Re-emergence of Political Islam: Syria’s Islamist Groups  9. Islamic Activism and Secularism in Syria  10. Conclusion

O autorze

Line Khatib is a senior research fellow at the ICAMES (Inter-University Consortium of Arab and Middle Eastern Studies), McGill University, and a visiting scholar at the Dubai School of Government. Her research interests lie within the fields of Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Political Islam, and Secularism, with a particular focus on Islamic groups as both social and political movements.