Title: Religion and Politics: Islam and Muslim Civilisation
Abstract: 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.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-06-28
Language: en
Type: book
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