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ISBN: 0815627742

ISBN13: 9780815627746

Islam and Politics: Fourth Edition

Name: Its a Fair View
Item: Islam and Politics
Rating: 4
Author: Thriftbooks.com User

by John L. Esposito

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Book Overview

This work on Islam and politics updates major country case studies and adds coverage of Tunisia, Algeria, the Taliban of Afghanistan and HAMAS. It also addresses the issues of democratization and the clash of civilization debate.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0815627742

ISBN13:9780815627746

Release Date:August 1998

Publisher:Syracuse University Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:1.24 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Comparative Politics Elections & Political Process Government History Legal Theory & Systems Non-US Legal Systems Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences World

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Its a Fair View

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago

The book provides historical background as well as the context to understand Islamic Politics. It begins with how the early Muslims use their faith to shape Islamic Ideology for both state and society. The book also discusses the rise of Islam, the many empires that flourished and as well as declined. Lastly, The book nicely make its way out by talking about the modern fundamentalism. This book doesnt really convince one to take sides or anything like that. It just sheds a perspective on the basic timeline of Islamic Politics. One could grasp a scope on how much the Muslims deviates in modern times against the original Islamic societal principles and why so this happened.