Islamic Fundamentalism Since 1945

This fully revised and updated second edition of Islamic Fundamentalism since 1945 analyzes the roots and emergence of Islamic movements in the modern world and the main thinkers that inspired them.

This book provides an authoritative account of the causes and diversity of Islamic fundamentalism, a modern phenomenon which affects nations throughout the world. It is a valuable resource for students and those interested in the history, effects and consequences of these Islamic movements.

List of contents

1. A Diverse Tradition from Past to Present 2. The Advance of Secularism: Decline of Islam? 3. Identity and Revivalism 4. Islam Armed: Resistance in an Ideological Era 5. Going Global: Fundamentalism and Terror 6. Ground Zero and Islamic Fundamentalism 7. The Arab Spring and Islamism

About the author

Beverley Milton-Edwards is a Professor in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen's University, Belfast. She is the author of Contemporary Politics in the Middle East (2011), The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Routledge, 2008) and with Peter Hinchcliffe, Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 (Routledge, 2007).

Product details

• Authors: Beverley Milton-Edwards, Milton-Edwards Beverley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2013
• EAN: 9780415639880
• ISBN: 978-0-415-63988-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: The Making of the Contemporary World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, History, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Fundamentalism, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Religious Fundamentalism, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)