Islam and the political discourse of modernity
Introduction: A genealogical approach to "political Islam" and political modernity -- Order and discourse. Communicative systems and the specialized quest for order -- The power of discourse and the discourse of power -- Public communication and frameworks of communal reference -- The emer...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Reading
Ithaca Press
1999
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| In: |
International politics of the Middle East series ([4])
Year: 1999 |
| Edition: | 1. paperback ed. |
| Series/Journal: | International politics of the Middle East series
[4] |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Politics
/ Political theory
/ Modernization
/ The Modern
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| Further subjects: | B
Islam and politics
B Islam and philosophy B Thesis B Bibliography |
| Summary: | Introduction: A genealogical approach to "political Islam" and political modernity -- Order and discourse. Communicative systems and the specialized quest for order -- The power of discourse and the discourse of power -- Public communication and frameworks of communal reference -- The emergence of transcultural dynamics. The "West" and "Islam": opposing essentialisms in an imbalanced game -- The genesis and development of "Arab-Islamic" discourse -- The sociologization of the western construction of Islam -- The western making of "political Islam". The linear hermeneutics of Islam "as such" -- The crisis of Orientalism and the return of Islam -- From Islam to politics, or the reverse? -- Towards an Islamic political discourse of modernity?. The new politics of al-sahwa al-islamiyya -- Is Islam the solution? -- Social justice and cultural heritage (turath) -- Thinking Islam |
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| Item Description: | Bibliography S. 255-273 |
| Physical Description: | XXVI, 283 S., 24cm |
| ISBN: | 0-86372-273-3 |
