Islam and its implications for the international system

The author discusses the relationship between Islam and international as well as domestic politics. He finds that, with the exception of Turkey, nationalism is primarily anti-Western. The upshot of this particular approach is that the Western powers and the Middle Eastern countries together constitu...

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Main Author: Karaosmanoǧlu, Ali L. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Croom Helm 1984
In: Islam and politics in the modern Middle East
Year: 1984, Pages: 103-118
Further subjects:B Islamische Länder / Islamische Welt Islam Politics Internationale Beziehungen Westliche Industrieländer
B International policy
B Islam
B Western world
B Industrial nations
B Politics
B Islamic countries
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Summary:The author discusses the relationship between Islam and international as well as domestic politics. He finds that, with the exception of Turkey, nationalism is primarily anti-Western. The upshot of this particular approach is that the Western powers and the Middle Eastern countries together constitute a heterogeneous rather than homogeneous international system, the relations between these two sets of countries not being carried out on the basis of mutually accepted set of rules and are therefore largely unpredictable. (DÜI-Asd)
Contains:In: Islam and politics in the modern Middle East