The challenge of fundamentalism : political Islam and the new world disorder /
A text which suggests that Islamic fundamentalism is a result of Islam's confrontation with modernity. The author provides an analysis of the politicization of religion and, as an alternative to fundamentalism, he proposes a compact based on secular democr.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
©2002.
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| Edition: | Updated ed. |
| Series: | Comparative studies in religion and society.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 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 the Sahri'a/Divine Law
- Democracy and democratization in Islam: an alternative to fundmentalism
- Human rights in Islam and the West: cross-cultural foundations of shared values.
