Description: Remaking Muslim Politics : Pluralism, Contestation, Democratization, Paperback by Hefner, Robert W. (EDT), ISBN 0691120935, ISBN-13 9780691120935, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK
There is a struggle for the hearts and minds of Muslims unfolding across the Islamic world. The conflict pits Muslims who support pluralism and democracy against others who insist such institutions are antithetical to Islam. With some billion people worldwide professing Islam, the outcome of this contest is sure to be one of the defining political events of the twenty-first century.
Bringing together twelve engaging essays by leading specialists focusing on individual countries, this pioneering book examines the social origins of civil-democratic Islam, its long-term prospects, its implications for the West, and its lessons for our understanding of religion and politics in modern times.
Although depicted by its opponents as the product of political ideas "made in the West" civil-democratic Islam represents an indigenous politics that seeks to build a distinctive Islamic modernity. In countries like Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, and Indonesia, it has become a major political force. Elsewhere its influence is apparent in efforts to devise Islamic grounds for womens rights, religious tolerance, and democratic citizenship. Everywhere it has generated fierce resistance from religious conservatives. Examining this high-stakes clash, Remaking Muslim Politics breaks new ground in the comparative study of Islam and democracy. The contributors are Bahman Baktiari, Thomas Barfield, John R. Bowen, Dale F. Eickelman, Robert W. Hefner, Peter Mandaville, Augustus Richard Norton, Gwenn Okruhlik, Michael G. Peletz, Diane Singerman, Jenny B. White, and Muhammad Qasim Zaman.
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Book Title: Remaking Muslim Politics : Pluralism, Contestation, Democratizati
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Name: Remaking Muslim Politics: Pluralism, Contestation, Democratization
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 235 mm
Publication Year: 2004
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 510 g
Subject Area: Social Organisations
Author: Robert W. Hefner
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
Format: Paperback
