01509nam a2200289Ia 4500 TVU_11821 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0195144260 9780195144260 eng 322.1095491 S207 Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza Islamic leviathan Islam and the making of state power Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2001 x, 231 p. ill. 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-226) and index 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 Islam and politics; Malaysia; Islam and politics Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh