Religion and Politics: Islam and Muslim Civilization

by Jan-Erik Lane, Hamadi Redissi

Overview

Offering a timely new appraisal of the political and social impact of Islam, this expanded second edition of Religion and Politics has been fully updated in line with new events. Jan-Erik Lane and Hamadi Redissi look at the underlying social consequences of religious beliefs to account for the political differences between major civilizations of the world against a background of the rise of modern capitalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409499046
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	03/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Jan-Erik Lane, University of Freiburg, Germany and Hamedi Redissi is Professor at the University of Tunis in Tunisia.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Section I The Muslim Civilisation and Modernisation: Modernity, post-modernity and the Muslim world; Islam and post-modernity; The Weber thesis. Section II Islam as a World Religion: Mohammed - a political prophet; Islam: faith and rationality. Section III The Muslim Legacy: Traditional domination; Islamic law and Arab legal institutions; Capitalism in Muslim countries. Section IV Paths of Muslim Modernisation: The modernisation of Arabia; Separation between state and religion?; Towards a new fundamentalism. Section V The Problems of Muslim Civilisation Modernisation: Islam and democracy; Islam and politics: where the principal difficulty of post-modernity lies. Section IV State and Religion in Maghreb: Religion and human rights: constants and constraints; Islamic politics and the military: Algeria 1962-2008 Riadh Sidaoui. Epilogue: Islam - a religion of warriors?; Fundamentalism and the state: need for mutual explanation; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'Jan-Erik Lane and Hamadi Redissi have produced a stimulating and informative account of the interaction of Islam and politics both historically and at the current time. They present a detailed knowledge of Islam, producing a book that is essential reading for anyone with an interest in this crucial topic.' Jeffrey Haynes, London Metropolitan University, UK

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