Challenge of Fundamentalism Political Islam and the New World Disorder

Name: Challenge of Fundamentalism Political Islam and the New World Disorder
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ISBN: 9780520236905

ISBN-10: 0520236904

ISBN-13: 9780520236905

Edition: 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Bassam Tibi

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Long before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Islamic fundamentalism was exerting a significant influence in nearly every corner of the world. Bassam Tibi, a widely recognized expert on Islam and Arab culture, offers an important and disquieting analysis of this particular synthesis of religion and politics. A Muslim and descendant of a famous Damascene Islamic scholar family, Tibi sees Islamic fundamentalism as the result of Islam's confrontation with modernity and not only--as it is widely believed--economic adversity. The movement is unprecedented in Islamic history and parallels the inability of Islamic nation-states to integrate into the new world secular order. For this updated…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 293
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990



Preface to the updated edition Introduction to the updated edition Preface



The Context: Globalization, Fragmentation, and Disorder



The Study of Islamic Fundamentalism and the Scope of the Inquiry



World Order and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein



The Sociocultural Background and the Exposure to Cultural Modernity



Cultural Fragmentation, the Decline in Consensus, and the Diffusion of Power in World Politics



The Crisis of the Nation-State: Islamic, Pan-Arab, Ethnic, and Sectarian Identities in Conflict



The Fundamentalist Ideology: Context and the Textual Sources



The Idea of an Islamic State and the Call for the Implementation of theShari'a/Divine Law



Democracy and Democratization in Islam: An Alternative to Fundamentalism



Human Rights in Islam and the West: Cross-Cultural Foundations of Shared Values


Notes


Names index


Subject index