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The Middle East : the politics of the sacred and secular / Shahrough Akhavi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Akhavi, Shahrough, 1940- author.
- Series:
- World political theories.
- World political theories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam and state--Middle East.
- Islam and state.
- Middle East--Politics and government.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text provides a comprehensive overview of the development of political thought in the Middle East, and shows that the way people think about politics in the Middle East has developed in response to historical experience. Islam has played a pivotal role, and the text disentangles myth and reality about Islamic responses to politics.
- Contents:
- The sacred and the secular
- History and social change
- The individual
- Society
- The state.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-282) and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781350223264
- 1350223263
- 9781848137349
- 1848137346
- 9781848135512
- 1848135513
- OCLC:
- 742306500
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