Inside Tunisia's al-Nahda: between politics and preaching

In the wake of the Arab uprisings, al-Nahda voted to transform itself into a political party that would for the first time withdraw from a preaching project built around religious, social, and cultural activism. This turn to the political was not a Tunisian exception but reflects an urgent debate wi...

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Main Author: McCarthy, Rory 1971- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press [2018]
In: Cambridge Middle East studies (53)
Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Cambridge Middle East studies 53
Further subjects:B Party (law)
B Religious party
B Organizational change
B Ḥarakat al-Nahḍah (Tunisia) Ḥarakat al-Nahḍah (Tunisia) Since 1987
B Tunisia Politics and government 1987-2011
B Islam and politics Tunisia
B Founding
B Tunisia Politics and government 2011- Tunisia
B Islam and politics
B Tunisia
B Politics and government
B Religious movement
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Summary:In the wake of the Arab uprisings, al-Nahda voted to transform itself into a political party that would for the first time withdraw from a preaching project built around religious, social, and cultural activism. This turn to the political was not a Tunisian exception but reflects an urgent debate within Islamist movements as they struggle to adjust to a rapidly changing political environment. This book reorientates how we think about Islamist movements. Drawing on extensive fieldwork with grassroots activists of Tunisia's al-Nahda, Rory McCarthy focuses on the lived experience of activism to offer a challenging new perspective on one of the Middle East's most successful Islamist projects. Original evidence explains how al-Nahda survived two decades of brutal repression in prison and in social exclusion, and reveals what price the movement paid for a new strategy of pragmatism and reform during the Tunisian transition away from authoritarianism
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 209-230
ISBN:1108472516