Abdel Salam Sidahmed

Politics and Islam in Contemporary Sudan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why wasn't Islam the rallying point and battle cry of the anti-colonial movement in the Sudan? Why did the mainstream political parties and the first military regime maintain the 'secular' political structures of the colonial state? Why did the influential parties opt for an 'Islamic constitution' in the 1960s? Why did Nimeiry's regime change is course? This work attempts to answer these and related questions. Three key issues are addressed within the framework of the relationship between Islam, society and politics: the manifestation of Islam in the particular context of Sudanese society; the politicisation / repoliticisation of Islam and the Islamicisation of politics; and the mechanisms that influence the rise of a specific Islamicist force or enhance calls for Islamicisation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780700704095
• ISBN-10: 0700704094
• Artikelnr.: 26683212

Autorenporträt

Abdel Salam Sidahmed

Inhaltsangabe

Note on Transliteration
Preface
INTRODUCTION
1 BACKGROUND: THE IMPACT OF THE CONDOMINIUM
I An Overview
II The Nationalist Movement
Rise of Sectarianism
The Intelligentsia
III The Sudanese Political Parties
a) The Traditionalist Parties
b) Radicalism
c) Islamism
2 THE SECULAR FACE OF SECTARIANISM
I Decolonisation Process: Issues, Forces and Problems
The Politics of Constitutional Developments
The Southern Question
Parties and Politics
II The Sectarian Rule
Reconciliation of Rivals
A Difficult Power Share
III The Secular Face of Sectarianism
3 GENERALS, MILITANTS AND POLITICIANS
I The Rule of the Generals
II October 1964 and Aftermath
Chronology of Events
Genesis of Failure
Changing Political Situations
Democracy For the Faithful!
4 THE MAKING OF AN ISLAMIC CONSTITUTION
I General Considerations
II The Controversial Constitution
III The Bourbon Dynasty
5 FROM POPULIST LEADER TO AN 'IMAM
I The Formative Years
II Power and Ideology
The 'cult' of Development
Pan Islamism
Doves and Hawks
The Doves
The Hawks
al
Mahdi's pan
Islamism
al
Turabi's Realism
III September 1983
6 THE POST
NIMEIRI SUDAN
An Introductory Note
I Nimeiri's Successors
The Transitional Period
The Third Democratic Episode
II War and Peace
The Impact of War
Behind the Peace Process
III The Politics of the Shari'a
Islamists
Secularists
7 PAX ISLAMICA
I Genesis of the NIF Ascent
The Impact of Nimeiri's Policies
The Mughtarbin Class
The Disintegration of the Old Order
Grand Strategy in Action
From Campus to Community
Islaminomics
The National Islamic Front (NIF)
II Ideology and Pragmatism
Ideological Adjustments
NIF's Populism
Islamic Symbolism
III Conclusion
Notes
Index.