Frederic Volpi (ed.)

Political Islam

A Critical Reader
Herausgegeben von Volpi, Frederic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing the student with an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the study of political Islam, this reader offers a clear route to the most influential literature in the field. The diverse range of viewpoints presented allows students to obtain a broad, enlightened, and cosmopolitan perspective on the most pressing questions of the post-9/11 era.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: Y104987
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 850g
• ISBN-13: 9780415560283
• ISBN-10: 0415560284
• Artikelnr.: 29985211

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

"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