Overview
Islamist politics, or political Islam, have long been one of the most dynamic political forces in the Middle East. Islamist movements have had a tremendous impact on regional as well as international affairs, yet the nature of, the reasons behind, and the long-term effects of these movements continue to be topics of much debate. This volume addresses a number of central questions in the study of Islamist politics in the Middle East, focusing on the most important and influential Islamist movements. Chapters by leading scholars in the field reflect the diversity of Islamist politics and address a number of themes. Drawing upon detailed case studies of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hizbullah, Morocco's Justice and Benevolence, the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq and Islamist politics in Turkey and Iran, the authors present empirical research on a wide range of Islamist movements and politics across the region. Rejecting a common approach to Islamist politics as necessarily anti-modern, anti-rational, and anti-democratic, this thorough and detailed examination of this key feature of Middle Eastern politics will be an important resource for students and scholars of Middle East studies, politics and Islamic studies.
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Author: Samer Shehata
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.600kg
ISBN: 9780415783613
ISBN 10: 0415783615
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 03 May 2012
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The different papers in the book reflect the diversity of Islamic politics and address a number of themes... Together, their work captures much of the diversity of Islamic politics in the region and is a significant contribution to the scolarship on a region and topic that continues to hold world attention. - Elfatih A. Abdel Salam, The Muslim World Book Review, 33:2, 2013. Islamist Politics in the Middle East rejects the perspective that Islamic fundamentalism is a backward looking and anti-modern, religiously based political ideology. The essays in this volume challenge a Western framework [and] move past neo-colonial perceptions by examining the organization, collective authority, and diversity that create local politics, eschewing generalizations to look at the connections between local movements [...] This wonderful set of essays takes many different approaches to examine the diversity of political movements in the present day Islamist Middle Eastern setting and shows where the West is entrapped in the use of language and images that stifle analysis. Assembled in one space, the essays let us contemplate Shehata's introductory theme, the puzzle to the West of defining political Islamists. The West, staggering at times under its own unexamined truce between secular society and Christianity, is badly equipped to view impartially the ineluctable centrality of Islam in these states. Researchers and policy makers who wish to build a more practical and realistic view of the Middle East will find Shehata's book useful. Jacqueline Swansinger PhD SUNY Fredonia Journal of International and Global Studies Vol 4 No 2 April 2015
The different papers in the book reflect the diversity of Islamic politics and address a number of themes... Together, their work captures much of the diversity of Islamic politics in the region and is a significant contribution to the scolarship on a region and topic that continues to hold world attention. - Elfatih A. Abdel Salam, The Muslim World Book Review, 33:2, 2013.
The different papers in the book reflect the diversity of Islamic politics and address a number of themes... Together, their work captures much of the diversity of Islamic politics in the region and is a significant contribution to the scolarship on a region and topic that continues to hold world attention. - Elfatih A. Abdel Salam, The Muslim World Book Review, 33:2, 2013. Islamist Politics in the Middle East rejects the perspective that Islamic fundamentalism is a backward looking and anti-modern, religiously based political ideology. The essays in this volume challenge a Western framework [and] move past neo-colonial perceptions by examining the organization, collective authority, and diversity that create local politics, eschewing generalizations to look at the connections between local movements [...] This wonderful set of essays takes many different approaches to examine the diversity of political movements in the present day Islamist Middle Eastern setting and shows where the West is entrapped in the use of language and images that stifle analysis. Assembled in one space, the essays let us contemplate Shehata's introductory theme, the puzzle to the West of defining political Islamists. The West, staggering at times under its own unexamined truce between secular society and Christianity, is badly equipped to view impartially the ineluctable centrality of Islam in these states. Researchers and policy makers who wish to build a more practical and realistic view of the Middle East will find Shehata's book useful. Jacqueline Swansinger PhD SUNY Fredonia Journal of International and Global Studies Vol 4 No 2 April 2015 The different papers in the book reflect the diversity of Islamic politics and address a number of themes... Together, their work captures much of the diversity of Islamic politics in the region and is a significant contribution to the scolarship on a region and topic that continues to hold world attention. - Elfatih A. Abdel Salam, The Muslim World Book Review, 33:2, 2013. Islamist Politics in the Middle East rejects the perspective that Islamic fundamentalism is a backward looking and anti-modern, religiously based political ideology. The essays in this volume challenge a Western framework [and] move past neo-colonial perceptions by examining the organization, collective authority, and diversity that create local politics, eschewing generalizations to look at the connections between local movements [...] This wonderful set of essays takes many different approaches to examine the diversity of political movements in the present day Islamist Middle Eastern setting and shows where the West is entrapped in the use of language and images that stifle analysis. Assembled in one space, the essays let us contemplate Shehata's introductory theme, the puzzle to the West of defining political Islamists. The West, staggering at times under its own unexamined truce between secular society and Christianity, is badly equipped to view impartially the ineluctable centrality of Islam in these states. Researchers and policy makers who wish to build a more practical and realistic view of the Middle East will find Shehata's book useful. Jacqueline Swansinger PhD SUNY FredoniaJournal of International and Global Studies Vol 4 No 2 April 2015 ...a valuable contribution to further our knowledge of the broad phenomenon of Islamic politics in practice...a valuable achievement Frida Nome, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, NUPI and Norwegian School of TheologyJournal of Islamic Studies, vol 26, no 2, September 2015, 345-347
The different papers in the book reflect the diversity of Islamic politics and address a number of themes... Together, their work captures much of the diversity of Islamic politics in the region and is a significant contribution to the scolarship on a region and topic that continues to hold world attention. - Elfatih A. Abdel Salam, The Muslim World Book Review, 33:2, 2013. Islamist Politics in the Middle East rejects the perspective that Islamic fundamentalism is a backward looking and anti-modern, religiously based political ideology. The essays in this volume challenge a Western framework [and] move past neo-colonial perceptions by examining the organization, collective authority, and diversity that create local politics, eschewing generalizations to look at the connections between local movements [...] This wonderful set of essays takes many different approaches to examine the diversity of political movements in the present day Islamist Middle Eastern setting and shows where the West is entrapped in the use of language and images that stifle analysis. Assembled in one space, the essays let us contemplate Shehata's introductory theme, the puzzle to the West of defining political Islamists. The West, staggering at times under its own unexamined truce between secular society and Christianity, is badly equipped to view impartially the ineluctable centrality of Islam in these states. Researchers and policy makers who wish to build a more practical and realistic view of the Middle East will find Shehata's book useful. Jacqueline Swansinger PhD SUNY FredoniaJournal of International and Global Studies Vol 4 No 2 April 2015 ...a valuable contribution to further our knowledge of the broad phenomenon of Islamic politics in practice...a valuable achievement Frida Nome, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, NUPI and Norwegian School of Theology Journal of Islamic Studies, vol 26, no 2, September 2015, 345-347
Author Information
Samer S. Shehata is an Assistant Professor of Arab Politics at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. His first book, Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt, was published in 2009 and he is the author of numerous academic and policy articles about Egyptian politics and the Muslim Brotherhood.
