| Description |
xiii, 399 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Natural History of Development Theory, with a Discordant Note on the Middle East -- 3. Deconstructing Orientalism -- 4. 'Ali 'Abd al-Raziq and Islamic Liberalism: The Rejected Alternative -- 5. The Religious Aesthetic of Sayyid Qutb: A Non-Scriptural Fundamentalism -- 6. Islam and Capitalism -- 7. Nationalism, Liberalism, and the Islamic Heritage: The Political Thought of Tariq al-Bishri -- 8. The Hermeneutic of Authenticity -- 9. Conclusion: The Prospects for Liberal Government in the Middle East -- Notes -- Name Index -- Subject Index |
| Analysis |
Islamic countries Political ideologies: Liberalism |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 361-384 |
| Subject |
Islam and politics.
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Islam -- 20th century.
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Islam -- Arab countries.
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Liberalism -- Islamic countries.
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Political science -- Arab countries -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Arab countries -- Intellectual life.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114213
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| LC no. |
88005455 |
| ISBN |
0226051463 |
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0226051471 (paperback) |
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