The Sharia state : Arab Spring and democratization / Bassam Tibi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tibi, Bassam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and state--Arab countries.

Islam and state.

Islamic law.

Arab countries.

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Islamic law--Political aspects.

Democracy--Arab countries.

Democracy.

Local Subjects:

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Democracy--Arab countries.

Islam and state--Arab countries.

Islamic law--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xiv, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, The Shari'a State examines the Islamist concept of political order. This order is based on a new interpretation of shari'a and has been dubbed "the Islamic state" by Islamists. The concept of "the Islamic state," has been elevated to a political agenda, and it is this agenda that is examined here. In contrast to the prevailing view which sees the Arab Spring as a revolution, this book argues that the phenomenon has been neither a Spring, nor a revolution. The term 'Arab Spring,' connotes a just rebellion that led to toppling dictators and authoritarian rulers, yet in The Shari'a State, Bassam Tibi challenges the unchecked assumption that the seizure of leadership by Islamists is a part of the democratization of the Middle East. Providing a new perspective on the relationship between the Arab Spring and democratization, this book is an essential read for students and scholars of Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies and Politics. Book jacket.

Contents:

Will the shariʻa-state be the outcome? Arab Spring and the hope for democratization

The shariʻa-state and western scholarship. the reality of an Islamist shariʻatization of politics that seeks a name

The shariʻa-state is not the faith of Islam: shariʻa and politics

The challenge of the Islamist shariʻa- state to the international order: torn between the Westphalian synthesis, Pax Americana and Pax Islamica

Shariʻa and Islamism in the Arab Spring: from the promise of a blossoming spring to a frosty and lethal winter

From traditional shariʻa reasoning to the Islamist shariʻatization in post-Arab Spring

Torn between combating prejudice and the accusation of Islamophobia: the shariʻa-state and policing speech in the debate on whither Islamic civilization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-236) and index.

ISBN:

9780415662161

0415662168

9780415662178

0415662176

9780203385555

0203385551

OCLC:

802326059