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Title Islam and politics in the modern middle east / edited by Metin Heper and Raphael Israeli
Published London : Routledge, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (131 pages)
Series Routledge Library Editions: Politics of Islam
Routledge Library Editions: Politics of Islam
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; 1. Islam, Politics and Change in the Middle East; 2. Islam and Politics in Modern Middle Eastern History; 3. 'Ulamā' and Politics in Saudi Arabia; 4. Islam in Egypt under Nāsir and Sadat: Some Comparative Notes; 5. The National Salvation Party in Turkey; 6. Islam and Its Implications for the International System; 7. Politicization of Islamic Re-traditionalism: Some Preliminary Notes; Index
Summary The recent resurgence of Islam in the Middle East is a far more complex phenomenon than is often suggested by those analyses which reduce recent developments in the area to no more than an intensification of religiosity. Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East challenges that perception of the contemporary Middle East. It explores the nature of the Islamic revival and attempts to establish the original impulse behind particular instances of Islamic resurgence. It also examines the degree to which religious institutions have served as a mechanism for expressing secular dema
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Subject Islam and politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Islam and politics
Politics and government
SUBJECT Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090513
Subject Middle East
Form Electronic book
Author Heper, Metin
Israeli, Raphael
ISBN 9781134608027
1134608020