Enemy in the Mirror Islamic Fundamentalism and the Limits of Modern Rationalism: a Work of Comparative Political Theory

Name: Enemy in the Mirror Islamic Fundamentalism and the Limits of Modern Rationalism: a Work of Comparative Political Theory
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ISBN: 9780691058443

ISBN-10: 069105844X

ISBN-13: 9780691058443

Edition: 2000

Authors: Roxanne L. Euben

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This text draws on different diciplines, including postmodernist and critical theory, comparative politics, and anthropology, to examine Islamic fundamentalisim.

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/21/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface xi


A Note on Spelling xv



Re-Marking Territories


Comparative Political Theory and Foundationalist Political Practice


The Politics of Naming: Defining Fundamentalism



Projections and Refractions: Islamic Fundamentalism and Modern Rationalist Discourse


The Irrational Rational Actor: Theories of Islamic Fundamentalism


Meaning and Power: A Dialogic Model of Intepretation


Toward an Understanding of Islamic Fundamentalism



A View from Another Side: The Political Theory of Sayyid Qutb


Sayyid Qutb: Radical and Martyr


Modernity as Pathology: Analysis and Exhortation in Signposts along the Road


Rationalism and Reenchantment


Conclusion: Beyond Orientalism



A View across Time: Islam as the Religion of Reason


Afghani and Islamic Philosophy


`Abduh and The Theology of Unity


Through the Back Door: Rationalism and Islamic Modernism


Coda: Khomeini and Shi`ite Fundamentalism



Inside the Looking Glass: Views within the West


The Crisis of Authority


The Decay of Morality


The Decline of Community


Modern Anxieties and Metaphysical Urges



Conclusion: Cultural Syncretism and Multiple Modernities


Notes


Bibliography


Index