Islam and international relations : exploring community and the limits of universalism / Faiz Sheikh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheikh, Faiz, author.

Series:

Global Dialogues: Non Eurocentric Visions of the Global Series

Global Dialogues: Developing Non-Eurocentric IR and IPE

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and international relations.

Islam and world politics.

Islamic countries--Foreign relations.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

International Relations tends to rely on concepts that developed on the European continent, obscuring the fact that its history is far less 'international' than one might expect.But in today's global world, who does this ignore and marginalize?.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Note

List of Abbreviations

Glossary of Arabic Terminology

1 Introduction

Islam and Politics

Warming Up: The State versus the Umma

The Main Event: Liberalism versus Islamism versus Poststructuralism

Structure of the Book

Notes

Part I: Critiquing International Relations

2 Islam(ism) and International Relations

Navigating Political Islam

Unique Politics in Early Islam?

Taking Issue with Din Wa Dawla

The Third Perspective: Normative Political Islam

Conclusions

3 International Relations, Islam, and the Secular Bias

IR and Political Islam in the MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia

International Relations, Religion and the MENA

Marxist-Inspired Study of the Middle East and North Africa

Constructivist-Inspired Study of the Middle East and North Africa

Theoretical Pluralism: Foreign Policy Analysis and Realist-Inspired Study of the Middle East and North Africa

International Relations, Religion and the African Continent

African Marginalisation in International Relations

International Relations, Religion and Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia, Religion and International Relations

The Westphalian Narrative in International Relations Scholarship

The Legacy of Westphalia

Liberal Individualism, the Umma and Communitarianism

4 A Framework for Studying Religion in International Relations

Epistemological Foundations

A Note on Terminology

Islam, Postcolonialism and Modernity

Postcolonial Critiques of Modernity

Poststructuralism and Islam: A Shared Agenda?

The Study of Religion in IR

Unpacking Political Islam Using Constructivism

Problems and Limitations

Part II: Developing an Alternative

5 Sovereignty and Political Islam.

Political Islam and the State

Islamic Philosophy and Political Islam

Gnosticism and the Shi'ism of Ayatollah Khomeini

Exotericism in Sunni Islam

Exotericism and Politics

Ibn Khaldun, Exotericism and Sovereignty in Islam

Synthesising the Sovereignty of God and Exotericism in Normative Political Islam

Deriving Political Sovereignty via an Exoteric Method

6 Accounting for Community

Islam as Community? Islam as Citizenship?

Liberalism and Communitarianism

Communitarian International Relations

Part III: Pluralism or Polarisation? Poststructuralism and Religion

7 Value Pluralism and the 'International' of International Relations

Communitarianism and the Clash of Civilisations

The Foundations of the 'Problem' in IR

Value Pluralism and IR

Certain in Scepticism? Postmodernism and Islam

Acknowledging the Truth of Islam, or Essentialising a Diverse Tradition?

Bounding Expectations: Islamic Rationalism and Poststructuralism

8 Conclusion

To What Extent Is an Islamic Notion of International Relations Tenable?

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78348-459-4

OCLC:

945434343