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Author Lane, Jan-Erik.

Title Religion and politics : Islam and Muslim civilization / Jan-Erik Lane, Hamadi Redissi ; with a chapter by Riadh Sidaoui
Edition Second edition
Published Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Company, [2009]
©2009

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 MELB  909.09767 Lan/Rap 2009  AVAILABLE
Description xvii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Sect. I. he Muslim Civilisation and Modernisation -- 1. Modernity, Post-modernity and the Muslim World -- 2. Islam and Post-modernity -- 3. The Weber Thesis -- Sect. II. Islam as a World Religion -- 4. Mohammed - A Political Prophet -- 5. Islam: Faith and Rationality -- Sect. III. The Muslim Legacy -- 6. Traditional Domination -- 7. Islamic Law and Arab Legal Institutions -- 8. Capitalism in Muslim Countries -- Sect. IV. Paths of Muslim Modernisation -- 9. The Modernisation of Arabia -- 10. Separation Between State and Religion? -- 11. Towards a New Fundamentalism -- Sect. V. The Problems of Muslim Civilisation Modernisation -- 12. Islam and Democracy -- 13. Islam and Politics: Where the Principal Difficulty of Post-modernity Lies -- Sect. VI. State and Religion in the Maghreb -- 14. Religion and Human Rights: Constants and Constraints -- 15. Islamic Politics and the Military: Algeria 1962-2008 -- 16. Islam - A Religion of Warriors?
17. Fundamentalism and the State: Need for Mutual Explanation -- Conclusion: Clarifying the Uncertainty
Notes Previous ed.: 2004
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-327) and index
Subject Islamic civilization.
Islam -- History.
East and West.
SUBJECT Islamic countries -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068437
Islamic countries -- Civilization -- Western influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90003837
Author Redissi, Hamadi.
Ṣaydāwī, Riyāḍ.
LC no. 2008048316
ISBN 9780754674184 alkaline paper
0754674185 alkaline paper