Islamism and Islam / Bassam Tibi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tibi, Bassam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and world politics.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islamic renewal.

Religious awakening--Islam.

Religious awakening.

Islam--21st century.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite the intense media focus on Muslims and their religion since the tragedy of 9/11, few Western scholars or policymakers today have a clear idea of the distinctions between Islam and the politically based fundamentalist movement known as Islamism. In this important and illuminating book, Bassam Tibi, a senior scholar of Islamic politics, provides a corrective to this dangerous gap in our understanding. He explores the true nature of contemporary Islamism and the essential ways in which it differs from the religious faith of Islam.Drawing on research in twenty Islamic countries over three decades, Tibi describes Islamism as a political ideology based on a reinvented version of Islamic law. In separate chapters devoted to the major features of Islamism, he discusses the Islamist vision of state order, the centrality of antisemitism in Islamist ideology, Islamism's incompatibility with democracy, the reinvention of jihadism as terrorism, the invented tradition of shari'a law as constitutional order, and the Islamists' confusion of the concepts of authenticity and cultural purity. Tibi's concluding chapter applies elements of Hannah Arendt's theory to identify Islamism as a totalitarian ideology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Why Islamism Is Not Islam

2. Islamism And The Political Order

3. Islamism And Antisemitism

4. Islamism And Democracy

5. Islamism And Violence: The New World Disorder

6. Islamism And Law: Shari'atization As An Invention Of Tradition

7. Islamism, Purity, And Authenticity

8. Islamism And Totalitarianism

9. Civil Islam As An Alternative To Islamism

Notes

Glossary Of Arabic Terms

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-57171-3

9786613601315

0-300-16014-3

OCLC:

784953778