Islam and secularism in the Middle East / Azzam Tamimi, John L. Esposito, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tamimi, Azzam

Esposito, John L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and secularism--Middle East.

Islam and secularism.

Islam and politics--Middle East.

Islam and politics.

Middle East.

Middle East--Politics and government--1979-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

ix, 214 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2000]

Summary:

Western civilization tends to view secularism as a positive achievement. From this perspective, benefits of secularizing trends include the separation of church and state, the rule of law, and freedom fram organized religion.

In the Arab Middle East, however, Islamist intellectuals increasingly cite Western-inspired secularism as the source of the region's social dislocation and political instability. While secularism in the West led to the spread of democratic values, in the Muslim world it has been associated with dictatorship, the violation of human rights, and the abrogation of civil liberties.

Islam and Secularism in the Middle East examines the origins and growth of the movement to abolish the secularizing reforms of the past century by creating a political order guided by Shariah law. Contributors explain the Islamic rejection of secularism as a failed Western Christian ideal and also discuss how secularization was pioneered by those who thought Muslims could only advance politically by emulating Western practices, including the renunciation of religion.

Contents:

Introduction: Islam and Secularism in the Twenty-First Century / John L. Esposito 1

The Origins of Arab Secularism / Azzam Tamimi 13

The Limits of Secularism / John Keane 29

Secularism in Retreat / Peter L. Berger 38

Secularism, Immanence and Deconstruction / Abdelwahab Elmessiri 52

Desacralising Secularism / S. Parvez Manzoor 81

Secularism in the Arab Maghreb / Rachid Al-Ghannouchi 97

Secularism, the State and the Social Bond: The Withering Away of the Family / Heba Raouf Ezzat 124

Secularism and the Arab-Muslim Condition / Munir Shafiq 139

Rationality of Politics and Politics of Rationality: Democratisation and the Influence of Islamic Religious Traditions / Abdelwahab El-Affendi 151

Philosophical and Institutional Dimensions of Secularisation: A Comparative Analysis / Ahmet Davutoglu 170.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814782604

0814782612

OCLC:

43757545