The Challenge of Fundamentalism : Political Islam and the New World Disorder Paperback / softback
by Bassam Tibi
Part of the Comparative Studies in Religion and Society series
Paperback / softback
Description
Long before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Islamic fundamentalism was exerting a significant influence in nearly every corner of the world.
Bassam Tibi, a widely recognized expert on Islam and Arab culture, offers an important and disquieting analysis of this particular synthesis of religion and politics.
A Muslim and descendant of a famous Damascene Islamic scholar family, Tibi sees Islamic fundamentalism as the result of Islam's confrontation with modernity and not only - as it is widely believed - economic adversity.
The movement is unprecedented in Islamic history and parallels the inability of Islamic nation-states to integrate into the new world secular order.
For this updated edition, Tibi has written a new preface and lengthy introduction addressing Islamic fundamentalism in light of and since September 11.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:293 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:01/08/2002
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- ISBN:9780520236905
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:293 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:01/08/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520236905
