Understanding Political Islam

Looks at how the rise of political Islam has been expressed: first in the Arab world, then in its interactions with French and Western societies, and finally in its interactions with other European and Western societies.

Sommario

Preface to the English Edition
Introduction: Writing the History of a Research Career

Part I: Discovering the Muslim "Other"
1 Intuitive Accumulation
2 Algeria: Approaching the Other
3 Prelude in the Jamahiriyya
4 Egypt, Arabic, and Grasping Difference
5 Yemen: Modernisation Without Colonization
6 "Beneath Israel, Palestine"
7 Syria and Bilad Al-Sham

Part II: Political Islam: The stakes of an alternative interpretation
9 Being a Political Scientist of the Muslim World
10 Saving the Other's "Others": A French Obsession
11 The Political Cost of Dissent
12 Between Judges and Spooks
13 Wrestling with the Research of Others: Olivier Roy, Gilles Kepel and Islamism
14 The Charlie Hebdo Attacks: Failure of Islam-or Failure of Politics?
Conclusion: Where Do We Go Now?

Info autore

François Burgat is Research Director Emeritus at the CNRS, Institut de recherches et d'études sur le monde arabe et musulman (IREMAM), Aix-en-Provence

Riassunto

Looks at how the rise of political Islam has been expressed: first in the Arab world, then in its interactions with French and Western societies, and finally in its interactions with other European and Western societies. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Francois Burgat, François Burgat
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781526143433
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4343-3
• Pagine: 248
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; Soziologie, Islam, Naher und Mittlerer Osten, Politische Ideologien, Islamische Länder, Bezug zum Islam und islamischen Gruppen