Contemporary Islamist Perspectives on International Relations; Mainstream Voices from the Sunni and Shii Arab World

ISBN-13: 9781433193576 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 304 str.

Sami Baroudi

Opis

The discourses of six moderate-reformist (mainstream) scholar sheikhs from the Sunni and Shia Arab World is analyzed in the book, and it demonstrates the presence of a mainstream strand within political Islam that advocates a different perspective on international relations from that of radical Islamists.

Spis treści

Preface - Introduction: The Moderate-Reformist (Mainstream) Strand of Political Islam - The Founding Generation: Jamal al- Din al- Afghani, Muhammad 'Abduh and Rashid Rida - The Second Generation: Mahmoud Shaltut and Muhammad Abu Zahra - The Second Generation: Muhammad al-Bahi - The Third Generation: Yusuf al-Qaradawi - The Third Generation: Wahbah al-Zuhaili - The Third Generation: Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah - Conclusion: The Mainstream Islamists Within Their Ideational and Historical Milieus - Bibliography - Index.

O autorze

Sami E. Baroudi is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Lebanon. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University, Bloomington. His publications focus on the political economy of Lebanon and Egypt, internal Lebanese politics, US-Lebanese relations, Arab intellectuals' perceptions of the United States, the ideational origins of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and, more recently, on how moderate-reformist (mainstream) Islamists perceive international relations.