Mobilizing Islam - Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt

Informationen zum Autor Carrie Rosefsky Wickham Klappentext Mobilizing Islam explores how and why Islamic groups succeeded in galvanizing educated youth into politics under the shadow of Egypt's authoritarian state! offering important and surprising answers to a series of pressing questions. Under what conditions does mobilization by opposition groups become possible in authoritarian settings? Why did Islamist groups have more success attracting recruits and overcoming governmental restraints than their secular rivals? And finally! how can Islamist mobilization contribute to broader and more enduring forms of political change throughout the Muslim world? Moving beyond the simplistic accounts of "Islamic fundamentalism" offered by much of the Western media! Mobilizing Islam offers a balanced and persuasive explanation of the Islamic movement's dramatic growth in the world's largest Arab state. Zusammenfassung The book explains how Islamist groups captured the hearts and minds of educated youth in Egypt. It focuses on the first twelve years of Hosni Mubarak's presidency! from 1981 to 1993! the period when participation in the movement reached its peak and before a wave of repression brought it to an abrupt end. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. Nasser and the Silencing of Protest3. Educated and Under-Employed: The Rise of the Lumpen-Intelligentsia4. Parties Without Participation5. The Parallel Islamic Sector6. "The Call to God": The Islamist Project of Ideological Outreach7. Explaining the Success of Islamist Outreach8. From the Periphery to the Center: The Islamic Trend in Egypt's Professional Associations9. Cycles of Mobilization Under Authoritarian Rule10. Postscript: The Muslim Brotherhood and the Mubarak Regime! 1995-2001

Product details

• Authors: Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, Wickham Carrie Rosefsky
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.10.2002
• EAN: 9780231125727
• ISBN: 978-0-231-12572-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, Egypt, HISTORY / Africa / North, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Family & health, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Political activism / Political engagement