This book presents an in-depth cultural and political analysis of the issue of political Islam as a potential source of tensions and conflict, and how this might be peacefully resolved. Looking at modernity from an Islamic point of view, the author analyses issues such as law, knowledge and human rights.
This book presents an in-depth cultural and political analysis of the issue of political Islam as a potential source of tensions and conflict, and ...
Presents an analysis of the issue of political Islam as a potential source of tensions and conflict, and how this might be peacefully resolved. This book is suitable for scholars and advanced students of international relations, social theory, political science, religion, Islamic studies and Middle Eastern studies.
Presents an analysis of the issue of political Islam as a potential source of tensions and conflict, and how this might be peacefully resolved. This b...
Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, The Sharia State examines the Islamist concept of political order. This order is based on a new interpretation of sharia and has been dubbed "the Islamic state" by Islamists. The concept of "the Islamic state," has been elevated to a political agenda and it is this agenda that is examined here. In contrast to the prevailing view which sees the Arab Spring as a revolution, this book argues that the phenomenon has been neither a Spring, nor a revolution. The term 'Arab Spring,' connotes a just rebellion that led to toppling dictators and...
Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, The Sharia State examines the Islamist concept of political order. This order is based on a new interpret...
Reaching beyond traditionally politicised scholarship to provide a unique perspective on the place of religion and culture in global and local politics, this book examines the impact of Islam on 'civilizational' relations between different groups and polities. Bassam Tibi takes a highly original approach to the topic of religion in world politics, exploring the place of Islam in society and its frequent distortion in world politics to the more radical Islamism. Looking at how this becomes an immediate source of tension and conflict between the secular and the religious, Tibi rejects the...
Reaching beyond traditionally politicised scholarship to provide a unique perspective on the place of religion and culture in global and local politic...
