Title Islamism and globalisation in Jordan : the Muslim brotherhood's quest for hegemony / Daniel Atzori

Published New York : Routledge, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource Series Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ; #37 Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ; #37. Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgement; Introduction; 1. Political economy perspectives on Islamism; Introduction; The crisis of the Arab state and the rise of Islamism; The Islamist middle class and the Islamic private sector; Conclusion; 2. Understanding Islamism: theoretical and conceptual framework; Introduction; Hegemony as a category of political analysis; Social constructivism and social movement theory; Conclusion; 3. Articulations of Islamism in Jordan; Introduction; The elusive issue of Jordanian identity The Muslim Brotherhood between hegemony and counter-hegemonyIslamic social institutions; Islamic banking as the articulation of Islamism in Jordan; Conclusion; 4. Trajectories of political identity development in Jordan; Introduction; Islam as a system of life; Processes of re-Islamisation: constructing the homo islamicus; The emergence of multiple modernities through the cross-fertilisation between the homo economicus and homo islamicus paradigms; Conclusion; Note; 5. The social construction of contemporary Islamic identities: the case of Jordan; Introduction The articulation of Islamism in Jordanian societyCross-fertilisation between the paradigms of homo islamicus andhomo economicus; The emergence of Islamic modernities; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Summary This book explores the activities of the local Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan. It examines how the Brotherhood, working to establish an alternative social, political and moral order through a network of Islamic institutions, made a huge contribution to the transformation of Jordanian society. It reveals, however, that the Brotherhood's involvement in the economic realm, in Islamic financial activities, led it to engage with the neo-liberal approach to the economy, with the result that the Islamic social institutions created by the Brotherhood, such as charities, lost their importance in favour o Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 29, 2015) Subject Islam -- Jordan -- History Islam and state -- Jordan Islamic fundamentalism -- Jordan Globalization -- Jordan POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy. Globalization Islam Islam and state Islamic fundamentalism Jordan Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317589600 1317589602 9781317589594 1317589599

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