Islam and the political discourse of modernity

Introduction: A genealogical approach to "political Islam" and political modernity -- Order and discourse. Communicative systems and the specialized quest for order -- The power of discourse and the discourse of power -- Public communication and frameworks of communal reference -- The emer...

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Published in:International politics of the Middle East series
Main Author: Salvatore, Armando 1965- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Reading Ithaca Press 1999
In: International politics of the Middle East series ([4])
Edition:1. paperback ed.
Series/Journal:International politics of the Middle East series [4]
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islam / Politics / Political theory / Modernization / The Modern
Further subjects:B Islam and politics
B Islam and philosophy
B Thesis
B Bibliography
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Summary:Introduction: A genealogical approach to "political Islam" and political modernity -- Order and discourse. Communicative systems and the specialized quest for order -- The power of discourse and the discourse of power -- Public communication and frameworks of communal reference -- The emergence of transcultural dynamics. The "West" and "Islam": opposing essentialisms in an imbalanced game -- The genesis and development of "Arab-Islamic" discourse -- The sociologization of the western construction of Islam -- The western making of "political Islam". The linear hermeneutics of Islam "as such" -- The crisis of Orientalism and the return of Islam -- From Islam to politics, or the reverse? -- Towards an Islamic political discourse of modernity?. The new politics of al-sahwa al-islamiyya -- Is Islam the solution? -- Social justice and cultural heritage (turath) -- Thinking Islam
Item Description:Bibliography S. 255-273
ISBN:0863722733