Islamic leviathan Islam and the making of state power

Islamization is commonly seen as the work of Islamist movements who have forced their ideology on ruling regimes and other hapless social actors. There is little doubt that ruling regimes and disparate social and political actors alike are pushed in the direction of Islamic politics by Islamist forc...

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Glavni autor: Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza
Daljnji autori: Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr
Jezik:Undetermined
English
Izdano: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2001
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Opis
Sažetak:Islamization is commonly seen as the work of Islamist movements who have forced their ideology on ruling regimes and other hapless social actors. There is little doubt that ruling regimes and disparate social and political actors alike are pushed in the direction of Islamic politics by Islamist forces. However, Islamist activism and its revolutionary and utopian rhetoric only partly explain this trend. Here, Nasr argues that the state itself plays a key role in embedding Islam in the politics of Muslim countries. Focusing on Malaysia and Pakistan, Nasr argues that the turn to Islam is a facet of the state's drive to establish hegemony over society and expand its powers and control
Opis:x, 231 p.
ill.
24 cm
Bibliografija:Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-226) and index
ISBN:0195144260
9780195144260