Routledge Handbook of Political Islam
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Routledge Handbook of Political Islam

  1. 322 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Routledge Handbook of Political Islam

About this book

The Routledge Handbook of Political Islam provides a multidisciplinary overview of the phenomenon of political Islam, one of the key political movements of our time. Drawing on the expertise from some of the top scholars in the world it examines the main issues surrounding political Islam across the world, from aspects of Muslim integration in the West to questions of political legitimacy in the Muslim world.

Bringing together an international team of renowned and respected experts on the topic, the chapters in the book present a critical account of:

  • Theoretical foundations of political Islam



  • Historical background



  • Geographical spread of Islamist movements



  • Political strategies adopted by Islamist groups



  • Terrorism



  • Attitudes towards democracy



  • Relations between Muslims and the West in the international sphere



  • Challenges of integration



  • Gender relations.



Presenting readers with the diversity of views on political Islam in a nuanced and dispassionate manner, this handbook is an essential addition to the existing literature on Islam and politics. It will be of interest across a wide range of disciplines, including political science, Islamic studies, sociology and history.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of contributors
  7. 1 The paradox of political Islam
  8. 2 Sayyid Qutb: founder of radical Islamic political ideology
  9. 3 Three dimensions of the emerging political philosophy of Islam
  10. 4 Modernity and Islamic religious consciousness
  11. 5 The Muslim Brotherhood
  12. 6 Hamas: between pragmatism and radicalism
  13. 7 Hizbullah in Lebanon
  14. 8 Hizb ut-Tahrir
  15. 9 Islamic radicalism in a democratizing Indonesia
  16. 10 Islamism reaches Central Asia
  17. 11 Islamism in Turkey
  18. 12 The institutionalisation of political Islam in Iran
  19. 13 Political thinking on Islam and democracy: the case of Iran
  20. 14 Islam, identity and discourses in Pakistan
  21. 15 Reforming the religious discourse in Saudi Arabia (2001–10)
  22. 16 De-territorialized Islamisms: women’s agency of resistance and acquiescence
  23. 17 Racialization and the challenge of Muslim integration in the European Union
  24. 18 UK counter-terrorism strategy and Muslim diaspora communities: the ‘securitisation of integration’
  25. 19 Perpetual struggle: the significance of Arab–Israeli conflict for Islamists
  26. 20 A tortured relationship: Islamists and US foreign policy
  27. 21 Islamism in the Middle East: the resistant, the fighter and the mujahid
  28. 22 Islam and ‘the clash of civilizations’? An historical perspective
  29. Select bibliography
  30. Index