Post-Islamism : the changing faces of political Islam / edited by Asef Bayat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bayat, Asef.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics.

Islam--20th century.

Islam.

Islam--21st century.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

At least since the Islamic revolution of 1979 in Iran, political Islam or Islamism has been the focus of attention among scholars, policymakers, and the general public. Much has been said about Islamism as a political and moral/ethical trend, but scant attention is paid to its ongoing development. There is now a growing acknowledgment within the scholarly and policy communities that Islamism is in the throes of transformation, but little is known about the nature and direction of these changes. The essays of Post-Islamism bring together young and established scholars and activists from different parts of the Muslim world and the West to discuss their research on the changing discourses and practices of Islamist movements and Islamic states largely in the Muslim majority countries. The changes in these movements can be termed 'post-Islamism,' defined both as a condition and a project characterized by the fusion of religiosity and rights, faith and freedom, Islam and liberty. Post-lslamism emphasizes rights rather than merely obligation, plurality instead of singular authoritative voice, historicity rather than fixed scriptures, and the future instead of the past. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction

1 Post-Islamism at Large / Asef Bayat Bayat, Asef 3

Part 2 Critique from Within

2 The Making of Post-Islamist Iran / Asef Bayat Bayat, Asef 35

3 Post-Islamism à la Turca / Ihsan Dagi Dagi, Ihsan 71

4 Islam and the Retrenchment of Turkish Conservatism / Cihan Tugai Tugai, Cihan 109

5 Moroccan Post-Islamism: Emerging Trend or Chimera? / Sami Zemni Zemni, Sami 134

6 Post-Islamist Politics in Indonesia / Noorhaidi Hasan Hasan, Noorhaidi 157

Part 3 Change in Ambivalence

7 Egypt and Its Unsettled Islamism / Asef Bayat Bayat, Asef 185

8 Hizbullah's Infitah: A Post-Islamist Turn? / Joseph Alagha Alagha, Joseph 240

Part 4 Critique from Without

9 Post-Islamist Strands in Pakistan: Islamist Spin-Offs and Their Contradictory Trajectories / Humeira Iqtidar Iqtidar, Humeira 257

10 Saudi Arabia and the Limits of Post-Islamism / Stéphane Lacroix Lacroix, Stéphane 277

Part 5 Post-Islamism Always?

11 Islamism in Sudan: Before, After, in Between / Abdelwahab El-Aefendi El-Aefendi, Abdelwahab 301

12 Syria's Unusual "Islamic Trend": Political Reformists, the Ulema, and Democracy / Thomas Pierret Pierret, Thomas 321.

ISBN:

9780199766079

019976607X

9780199766062

0199766061

OCLC:

815044063