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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453565503321

Autore

ʻInāyat Ḥamīd

Titolo

Modern Islamic political thought : the response of the Shī'ī and Sunnī Muslims to the twentieth century / / Hamid Enayat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2005

ISBN

0-85772-109-7

0-85773-146-7

600-00-0850-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

320.5/57

Soggetti

Islam and politics

Political science - Islamic countries - History

Islam and state

Electronic books.

Islamic countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; On Transcription, Dates, etc.; Introduction: the relevance of the past; 1. Shi'ism and Sunnism: conflict and concord; I. The spirit of Shi'ism; II. The polemics; 2. The crisis over the Caliphate; 3. The concept of the Islamic state; I. Muhammad Rashıd Rida; II. Fundamentalism; 4. Nationalism, democracy and socialism; I. Nationalism; II. Democracy; III. Socialism; 5. Aspects of Shi'i modernism; Background; I. Constitutionalism; II. Taqiyyah; III. Martyrdom; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The revival and power of religious feelings among Muslims since the Iranian revolution presents a complicated and often perplexing picture of the politics of the Islamic world in the modern era. What are the ideas which have influenced the direction of these trends? In this book, which since its original publication has established itself as a seminal work, Hamid Enayat provides an answer by describing and interpreting some of the major Islamic political ideas. He also examines the concept of the Islamic state, and the Muslim response to the challenge of alien and modern ideologies such as nat