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Author Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza, 1960-

Title Islamic leviathan : Islam and the making of state power / Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (x, 231 pages)
Series Religion and global politics
Religion and global politics.
Contents pt. I. The making of the new states. 1. The colonial legacy ; 2. From independence to 1969 -- pt. II. The 1970s: political turmoil and cultural change. 3. Secular states in crisis ; 4. The Islamist challenge in Malaysia and Pakistan -- pt. III. Heart of the matter. 5. Malaysia, 1981-1997: Islamization and capitalist development ; 6. Pakistan, 1977-1997: Islamization and restoration of state power
Summary Nasr argues that Islamist activism is only one facet of the Islamisation of politics, and that in fact the turn to Islam is part of the state's drive to establish hegemony over society and expand its powers and control
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index
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Subject Islam and politics -- Malaysia
Islam and politics -- Pakistan
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Islam and politics
Politics and government
Malaysia -- Politics and government
Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1988-
Malaysia
Pakistan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423762142
9781423762140
9780199833931
0199833931