Globalized Islam : the search for a new Ummah / by Olivier Roy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roy, Olivier, 1949-

Series:

CERI series in comparative politics and international studies

The CERI series in comparative politics and international studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Religious aspects--Islam.

Globalization.

Islam and politics--Islamic countries.

Islam and politics.

Ummah (Islam).

Islamic countries.

Islamic countries--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Ummah (Islam)--Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

xi, 349 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press in association with the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris, [2004]

Summary:

A schism has emerged between mainstream Islamist movements in the Muslim world (e.g. Hamas of Palestine and Hezbullah of Lebanon) and the uprooted militants who strive to establish an imaginary ummah, or Muslim community, not embedded in any particular society or territory. Roy provides a detailed comparison of these transnational movements, whether peaceful, like Tabligh Jamaat and the Islamic brotherhoods, or violent, like Al Qaeda. Neofundamentalism, he argues, is both a product and an agent of globalization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0231134983

OCLC:

55149506