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Muslim politics / [electronic resource] Dale F. Eickelman and James Piscatori.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton studies in Muslim politicsPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1996.Description: xi, 235 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0691031843 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780691031842 (acid-free paper)
  • 0691008701 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 9780691008707 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.956 20
LOC classification:
  • DS35.69 .E37 1996
Other classification:
  • 89.53
Online resources:
Contents:
What is Muslim politics? -- The invention of tradition in Muslim politics -- Sacred authority in contemporary Muslim societies -- The "firmest tie" and the ties that bind : the politics of family and ethnicity -- Protest and bargaining in Muslim politics -- Muslim politics : a changing political geography.
Review: "In this updated paperback edition, Dale Eickelman and James Piscatori explore how the politics of Islam play out in the lives of Muslims throughout the world. They discuss how recent events such as September 11 and the 2003 war in Iraq have contributed to reshaping the political and religious landscape of Muslim-majority countries and Muslim communities elsewhere. As they examine the role of women in public life and Islamic perspectives on modernization and free speech, the authors probe the diversity of the contemporary Islamic experience, suggesting general trends and challenging popular Western notions of Islam as a monolithic movement. In so doing, they clarify concepts such as tradition, authority, ethnicity, protest, and symbolic space, notions that are crucial to an in-depth understanding of ongoing political events."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-217) and index.

What is Muslim politics? -- The invention of tradition in Muslim politics -- Sacred authority in contemporary Muslim societies -- The "firmest tie" and the ties that bind : the politics of family and ethnicity -- Protest and bargaining in Muslim politics -- Muslim politics : a changing political geography.

"In this updated paperback edition, Dale Eickelman and James Piscatori explore how the politics of Islam play out in the lives of Muslims throughout the world. They discuss how recent events such as September 11 and the 2003 war in Iraq have contributed to reshaping the political and religious landscape of Muslim-majority countries and Muslim communities elsewhere. As they examine the role of women in public life and Islamic perspectives on modernization and free speech, the authors probe the diversity of the contemporary Islamic experience, suggesting general trends and challenging popular Western notions of Islam as a monolithic movement. In so doing, they clarify concepts such as tradition, authority, ethnicity, protest, and symbolic space, notions that are crucial to an in-depth understanding of ongoing political events."--Jacket.

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