Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Names -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 2. Liberalism -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 3. Secularism -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 4. Relativism -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 5. Democracy -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 6. Futurology -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- 7. Diaspora -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 8. Caliphate -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 9. Order -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 10. Hermeneutics -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- 11. Ethics -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- Notes -- Bibliography
Summary
As late as the last quarter of the twentieth century, there were expectations that Islam's political and cultural influence would dissipate as the advance of westernization brought modernization and secularization in its wake. Not only has Islam failed to follow the trajectory pursued by variants of Christianity, namely confinement to the private sphere and depoliticisation, but it has also forcefully re-asserted itself as mobilizations in its name challenge the global order in a series of geopolitical, cultural and philosophical struggles. The continuing (if not growing) relevance of Islam su
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index
