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Making Islam democratic : social movements and the post-Islamist turn / Asef Bayat.
Author
Bayat, Asef
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2007.
Description
xxi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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BP190.5.D45 B39 2007
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Subject(s)
Democracy
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Religious aspects
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Islam
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Islam and social problems
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Social movements
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Iran
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Social movements
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Egypt
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Social movements
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Series
Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
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Summary note
Whether Islam is compatible with democracy is an increasingly asked question, but ultimately a misguided one. In this book, Asef Bayat proposes that democratic ideals have less to do with the essence of any religion than with how it is practiced. He offers a new approach to Islam and democracy, outlining how the social struggles of student organizations, youth and women's groups, the intelligentsia, and other social movements can make Islam democratic. Making Islam Democratic examines in detail those social movements that have used religion to unleash social and political change, either to legitimize authoritarian rule or, in contrast, to construct an inclusive faith that embraces a democratic polity. It provides a fresh analysis of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution - how it has evolved into the pervasive, post-Islamist reform movement of the early twenty-first century, and how it differed from Egypt's religious 'passive revolution.' Focusing on events from the Iranian Revolution to the current day, with a comparative focus on Islamism, post-Islamism, and active religious expression across the region, Bayat explores the highly contested relationship between religion, politics, and the quotidian in the Middle East. His book provides an important understanding of the great anxiety of our time - the global march of 'Muslim rage' - and offers a hopeful picture of a democratic Middle East.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and index.
Contents
Islam and democracy : the perverse charm of an irrelevant question
Revolution without movement, movement without revolution : Islamist activism in Iran and Egypt, 1960s-1980s
The making of a post-Islamist movement : social movements and sociopolitical change in Iran, 1979-1997
Post-Islamism in power : dilemmas of the Reform Project, 1997-2004
Egypt's "passive revolution" : the state and the fragmentations of Islamism, 1992-2005
The politics of presence : imagining a post-Islamist democracy.
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ISBN
9780804755948 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0804755949 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780804755955 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0804755957 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2006035451
OCLC
74964725
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