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Islam between Culture and Politics

By Bassam Tibi (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2001
ISBN
978-0-333-75121-3, 978-0-230-51414-0
DOI
10.1057/9780230514140
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
889 kB (910596 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XVII, 271\287
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Middle Eastern Politics; Asian Culture; Islam; Int

Description

Bassam Tibi offers a radical solution to the problems faced by Islam in a rapidly changing and globalizing world. He proposes a depoliticization of the faith and the introduction of reforms to embrace secular democracy, pluralism, civil society and individual human rights. The alternative to this is the impasse of fundamentalism. The pivotal argument is that Islam is being torn between the pressure for cultural innovation and a defensive move towards the politicization of its symbols for non-religious ends.

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