The Shari'a state : Arab Spring and democratization / Bassam Tibi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tibi, Bassam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and state--Arab countries.

Islam and state.

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Islamic law--Political aspects.

Islamic law.

Democracy--Arab countries.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, <I>The Sharia State</I> examines the Islamist concept of political order. This order is based on a new interpretation of sharia 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.</P><P>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 dictato

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Will the shari'a state be the outcome? The Arab Spring and the hope for democratization; Beyond obsessions and Western wishful thinking; What do Islamists want? Epistemology employed in the search for an answer; About this book; Major themes and core assumptions; Structure and outline; Intended readership and overview of the field; And finally ...; 1. The shari'a state and Western scholarship: the reality of the Islamist shari'atization of politics that seeks a name

Terms, confusions and the trajectory of the argumentThe facts: traditional shari'a is not about governance!; The prevailing narrative: the distorted understanding of Islamism in US Islamic studies; Misconceptions regarding the return of the sacred to politics; Confusion among scholars: a representative debate; Islam, Islamism and violence: the need for a realistic understanding; Islamism's core issue: the shari'a state; Conclusions: the need for an Islamic enlightenment against the obstacles impeding a critique of the shari'a state

2. The shari'a state is not the faith of Islam: shari'a and politicsShari'a between faith and political abuse: the confusion between shari'a and fiqh; The invention of shari'a as a constitution for the Islamic state; The return of the sacred as an Islamist shari'a; Why is the return of shari'a law to politics a challenge?; Shari'a law and democratic rights; The hypothesis of shari'atization of Islam as an obstacle to democratization; Universality of law: the tensions between the shari'atization of Islam and constitutionalism in international law

A plea for a reformed Islamic shari'a law in the pursuit of a universal cosmopolitan lawConclusions: shari'atized Islam is not a democratic constitutionalism; 3. The challenge of the Islamist shari'a state to international order: torn between the Westphalian synthesis, Pax Americana and Pax Islamica; Enlightened Muslim thought in an 'enlightened turn' on religion and political order; Great confusions of Islamic orders: the caliphate, pan-Islamism, and Islamist internationalism in the context of a new world order

Is the order of a din-wa-dawla Islamocracy an Islamic democracy compatible with democratic world peace?An outline of the major issues: religious faith and religionized politics; Is institutional Islamism a moderation? Or is it a variant of religious fundamentalism?; The world view and ideology of Islamism: origins; The Islamicate: torn between incorporation into the Westphalian synthesis and the vision of a Pax Islamica; Bottom line: the Westphalian synthesis is not Pax Americana; Islamism and the Western triumphalism of 'the end of history'

Conclusions: which world order? The Westphalian synthesis, Pax Americana and political Islam in competition. The need for a democratic world peace

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 02, 2013).

ISBN:

1-135-92468-6

0-415-66217-6

0-203-38555-1

1-135-92461-9

9780203385555

OCLC:

854521007