Between the State and Islam (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521789729 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This volume examines how Middle Eastern peoples in the 19th and 20th centuries lived and flourished while trying to shape their political and religious surroundings outside the formal structures of established religion and the state.. Heretofore, the study of the Middle East has focused almost exclusively on Islam and on the regime, especially on its nondemocratic aspects. It has done so at the expense of accounting fully for the forces of skepticism, liberty, and creativity that struggle against Islamic conformism and state hegemony
"Liberal Secularism in the Arab World in 19th-20th cents." according to Tron Honto. Overall this proves to be a useful volume. It's the type that is nice to check out of the library, but it isn't necessarily one essential to your collection. A note about its title, it means what it says. This volume neither discusses the Arab state nor the Islamist opposition. Rather, it examines the in-between of the two, usually meaning secular liberals. For this reason, it is a much appreciated volume with the books on Islamic f. "If you are looking for something objective and different, this is the book" according to A. Gonzalez. This book came out a few months before 9/11, yet it is still quite timely and informative.Most books about Islam and state seem to start with the era of Muhammad and the successive, Medieval rulings and codes, followed by a large gap and jump towards the 19th century. At this point, books usually follow the formula that starts with J. al-Afghani, then to Muhammad Abduh, then to Hassan al-Banna, and then Sayyid Qutb. Fortunately this