The Future of Islam in the Middle East - Fundamentalism in Egypt, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia

List of contents

Introduction
Islamic Fundamentalist Thought: An Analysis of Major Theoretical Formulations
The Appeal of Islamic Fundamentalism
The Islamist Challenge in Egypt
The Islamist Challenge in Algeria
The Islamist Challenge in Saudi Arabia
Future Prospects: The Limits of Islamic Fundamentalism
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

MAHMUD A. FAKSH is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern Maine, he has also served as Visiting Professor of Political Science at Duke University. His articles have appeared in Orbis, International Journal, Middle East Policy and Third World Quarterly among others.

Product details

• Authors: Mahmud A. Faksh, Faksh Mahmud A.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.1997
• EAN: 9780275951283
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95128-3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Islam, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, Egypt, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia, Political structure & processes, Algeria, Political structure and processes, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Politics, Law, and Government: Comparative Politics