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Author Mawsilili, Ahmad

Title Moderate and radical Islamic fundamentalism : the quest for modernity, legitimacy, and the Islamic state / Ahmad S. Moussalli
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents Two discourses on modern Islamic political thought : fundamentalism and modernism -- Fundamentalist discourses on epistemology and political philosophy -- Fundamentalist discourses on politics : from pluralistic democracy to majoritarian tyranny -- The discourse of Hasan al-Banna on Shura, democracy, and the Islamic State -- The discourse of Sayyid Qutb on political ideology and the Islamic state -- The discourse of Hasan al-Turabi on the Islamic state and democracy
Summary Redefines the bases and scope of modern Islamic thought, suggesting that Islamic fundamentalism might prove to be a liberating theology for the modern Islamic world. Basing his argument largely on Arabic documents, Moussalli analyzes the basic concerns of fundamentalism--epistemology, knowledge, philosophy, modernity, and science as well as politics, political philosophy, and political economy. He examines the ideas of major Muslim thinkers who have affected the contemporary Islamic revival--especially Hasan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, and Hasan al-Turabi--showing the range of Islamic fundamentalist views from liberal democracy to authoritarianism. He then discusses how their thinking could affect an Islamic state, from political repression at one extreme to political representation at the other. From publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-242) and index
Notes English
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Subject Islam and politics.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam and state.
Islam -- 20th century.
Islam.
Islam
Islam.
RELIGION -- Islam -- Theology.
Islam
Islam and politics
Islam and state
Islamic fundamentalism
Islam.
Fundamentalisme.
Moderniteit.
Staat (politicologie)
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Islam.
Islam et État.
Intégrisme islamique.
Islam et politique.
Islam et Etat.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98036151
ISBN 0813021928
9780813021928