Political ideology in the Arab world : accommodation and transformation / Michaelle L. Browers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Browers, Michaelle, 1968-

Series:

Cambridge Middle East studies ; 31.

Cambridge Middle East studies ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ideology--Political aspects--Arab countries.

Ideology.

Ideology--Political aspects.

Arab countries--Politics and government--1945-.

Arab countries.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

ix, 198 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Arab nationalism and Islamism have been the two most potent ideological forces in the Arab region across the twentieth century. Over the last two decades, however, an accommodation of sorts has been developing between liberals, socialists, and Islamists, to protest unpopular foreign and domestic policies, such as those aimed at cooperation with Israel or the war in Iraq. By examining the writings of Arab nationalist, socialist, and Islamist intellectuals, and through numerous interviews with political participants from different persuasions, Michaelle Browers traces these developments from the "Arab age of ideology," as it has been called, through an "age of ideological transformation," demonstrating clearly how the recent flow of ideas from one group to another has its roots in the past. Political Ideology in the Arab World assesses the impact of ideological changes on Egypt's Kifaya! ("Enough!") movement and Yemen's Joint Meeting Parties.

Contents:

Introduction : ideological thought and practice in the Arab region

Retreat from secularism in Arab nationalist and socialist thought

A more inclusive Islamism? : the wasatiyya trend

Framing a cross-ideological alliance

The Egyptian Movement for Change : intellectual antecedents and generational conflicts

Yemen's Joint Meeting Parties : origins and architects

Conclusion : ideological rapprochement, accommodation, transformation, and their limits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-192) and index.

ISBN:

9780521765329

0521765323

9780521749343

0521749344

OCLC:

299717976