Muslim Politics

by Dale F. Eickelman

In an attempt to demystify 'Muslim politics' for a wide audience, Dale Eickelman and James Piscatory explore how the politics of Islam play out in the daily lives of Muslims throughout the world. From the role of women in public life to 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.

Genres: Islam, Middle East, Religion, Nonfiction, Politics, Sociology

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Erdem Dikici]

best book on the Muslim politics, yet!

[Danish Haidar]

it s uber cool..................comprehnsive and unbiased