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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge University Press
[2018]
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 209-230 |
| Physical Description: | XI, 234 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-47251-7 978-1-108-45993-8 1-108-47251-6 1-108-45993-5 |
