Towards Jihad? - Muslims and Politics in Postcolonial Mozambique

In this paper I aim to offer a theory of secession. Secession is the process by which some group of people leaves one or more existing states, taking territory with them, in order to form a new state or join another existing state. The main goal of this project is to put forth what I think is the correct approach to the normative question "what are the circumstances under which a group has a moral right to secede?" This is a project that has been addressed by other political philosophers, most notably Alan Buchanan (1991) in his book Secession and Christopher Heath Wellman (2005) in his book A Theory of Secession. They and others have proposed theories of secession, and I aim to explain why my theory, which is that a group has a moral right to secede only if this would be better from a cosmopolitan point of view, might be a better way to think about the question

About the author

Eric Morier-Genoud is a reader in African History at Queen's University Belfast. He has published extensively on politics and religion in South Africa and Mozambique. His most recent volume is 'Catholicism and the Making of Politics in Central Mozambique, 1940-1986'.

Summary

The important full history of Islamic politics in Mozambique, from independence to the current insurgency, looking beyond the lens of ‘jihadism’.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel B. Weltman, Eric Morier-Genoud, Morier-Genoud Eric
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781805260431
• ISBN: 978-1-80526-043-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, HISTORY / Africa / East, Mozambique, Religious and theocratic ideologies, African History, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Religious & theocratic ideologies