Title The new politics of Islam : pan-Islamic foreign policy in a world of states / Naveed S. Sheikh

Published London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) Contents Pan-Islam : whence and wither? -- Pan-Islamic paradigms : adjusting to the post-Caliphatic world order -- A geopolitical genealogy of the OIC : the secular rationale -- Self-identity in foreign policy : bringing Islam back in -- A mighty myth : rise, demise, and resurrection Summary This text examines how Islam is to be understood in relation to contemporary international relations. It highlights salient characteristics in pan-Islamic theory and its implications. This is a timely study of the international relations of Islamic states, dealing both with the evolving theory of pan-Islamism from classical to post-caliphal times and the foreign-policy practice of contemporary states, especially Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan, from the colonial period to the global aftermath of September 11. With a concise but analytic style, the book engages one-by-one with the questions of political theory, political geography and political sociology as they relate to international Islam. Its primary empirical investigation is centred on the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), a powerful pan-Islamic regime, sometimes referred to as the 'Muslim United Nations'. In its theoretical deliberations on Islam and the postmodern condition, the book reconstructs contemporary understandings of how religious ideas and identities influence international politics in the Islamic world. This is a timely study of the international relations of Islamic states, dealing both with the evolving theory of pan-Islamism from classical to post-caliphal times and the foreign-policy practice of contemporary states, especially Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan, from the colonial period to the global aftermath of September 11. With a concise but analytic style, the book engages one-by-one with the questions of political theory, political geography and political sociology as they relate to international Islam. Its primary empirical investigation is centred on the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), a powerful pan-Islamic regime, sometimes referred to as the 'Muslim United Nations'. In its theoretical deliberations on Islam and the postmodern condition, the book reconstructs contemporary understandings of how religious ideas and identities influence international politics in the Islamic world Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-200) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Organisation of Islamic Conference. SUBJECT Organisation of Islamic Conference fast Organisation der Islamischen Konferenz gnd Subject Panislamism. Islam and politics -- Islamic countries POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Islam and politics Panislamism Politics and government Außenpolitik Panislamismus Buitenlandse politiek. Panislamisme. Islam och politik. Islamiska länder -- politik och förvaltning. SUBJECT Islamic countries -- Politics and government Subject Islamic countries Islamische Staaten Form Electronic book ISBN 0203220331 9780203220337 0700715924 9780700715923 1135789762 9781135789763 1280070536 9781280070532

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