Political Islam and Masculinity : Muslim Men in Australia / by Joshua M. Roose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roose, Joshua M., Author.

Series:

New Directions in Islam, 2946-3009

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology.

Ethnology--Middle East.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Islam.

Communication.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Sociology of Religion.

Middle Eastern Culture.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Local Subjects:

Sociology of Religion.

Middle Eastern Culture.

Islam.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The question of Muslim identity-and, more specifically, Muslim masculinities, political loyalty, and action-has become the central pivot for the debate on the place of Islam in the West, state polices on multiculturalism, and even foreign policy towards the Middle East. Young, western-born Muslim men are central figures in these questions, yet their lives and identities remain poorly understood. Political Islam and Masculinity: Muslim Men in Australia reveals important and timely insights into why young Muslim men, often from very similar social backgrounds, are pursuing such dramatically different political paths in the name of Islam. Based on an unprecedented depth of engagement and quality of sources, this book examines the key social influences behind exceptional examples of political action by young Australian Muslim men who have extended their reach into the international realm, from the streets of Jakarta to the battlefields of Syria and Iraq.

Contents:

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Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Preface: Professor Bryan S. Turner

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Question of Muslim Masculinities

1. Political Islam and Masculinity: A New Approach

2. Muslims in Australia

3. The Brothahood: 'Australia's Mine Too'

4. Waleed Aly: 'To live in the Realm of Ideas'

5. The Benbrika Jama'ah: 'The Reward of the Mujahid'

6. 9/11's Children: 'Chasing Martyrdom'

7. The Centrality of Hope, Belief and Upward Social Trajectory

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137522306

1137522305