Political Ideology in the Arab World - Accommodation and Transformation

Informationen zum Autor Michaelle L. Browers is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Wake Forest University. Her recent publications include Democracy and Civil Society in Arab Political Thought: Transcultural Possibilities (2006) and An Islamic Reformation? (with Charles Kurzman, 2004). Klappentext Discusses some of the most significant ideological debates that have animated the Arab world over the last two decades. Zusammenfassung Discusses some of the most significant ideological debates that have animated the Arab world over the last two decades; from the 'Arab age of ideology'! through an 'age of ideological transformation'! demonstrating how the recent flow of ideas from one group to another have their roots in the past. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Ideological thought and practice in the Arab region; 1. Retreat from secularism in Arab nationalist and socialist thought; 2. A more inclusive Islamism? The Wasatiyya trend; 3. Framing a cross-ideological alliance; 4. The Egyptian movement for change: intellectual antecedents and generational conflicts; 5. Yemen's joint meeting parties: origins and architects; Conclusion. Ideological rapprochement, accommodation, transformation - and their limits.

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• Authors: Michaelle L. Browers, Michaelle L. (Wake Forest University Browers, Michelle L. Browers
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521765329
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76532-9
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies; Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education