Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2017
- ISBN
- 9781250135131
- Book Title
- Islamic Exceptionalism : How the Struggle over Islam Is Reshaping the World
- Publisher
- St. Martin’s Press
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Author
- Shadi Hamid
- Genre
- Religion, Political Science, Social Science
- Topic
- Islamic Studies, World / Middle Eastern, Religion, Politics & State
- Item Weight
- 9.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
- Country of Origin
- United States
Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin’s Press
ISBN-10
1250135133
ISBN-13
9781250135131
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227724916
Product Key Features
Book Title
Islamic Exceptionalism : How the Struggle over Islam Is Reshaping the World
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Islamic Studies, World / Middle Eastern, Religion, Politics & State
Genre
Religion, Political Science, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
320.557
Table Of Content
1. To Take Joy in a Massacre 2. Is Islam “Exceptional”? 3. Islam’s Reformation 4. The Muslim Brotherhood: From Reform to Revolution 5. The Turkish Model: Islamists Empowered 6. Tunisia: Islamists Conceding Their Islamism 7. ISIS: After the State Fails 8. Islam, Liberalism, and the State: A Way Out?
Synopsis
Shortlisted for the 2017 Lionel Gelber Prize In Islamic Exceptionalism, Brookings Institution scholar and acclaimed author Shadi Hamid offers a novel and provocative argument on how Islam is, in fact, “exceptional” in how it relates to politics, with profound implications for how we understand the future of the Middle East. Divides among citizens aren’t just about power but are products of fundamental disagreements over the very nature and purpose of the modern nation state–and the vexing problem of religion’s role in public life. Hamid argues for a new understanding of how Islam and Islamism shape politics by examining different models of reckoning with the problem of religion and state, including the terrifying–and alarmingly successful–example of ISIS. With unprecedented access to Islamist activists and leaders across the region, Hamid offers a panoramic and ambitious interpretation of the region’s descent into violence. Islamic Exceptionalism is a vital contribution to our understanding of Islam’s past and present, and its outsized role in modern politics. We don’t have to like it, but we have to understand it–because Islam, as a religion and as an idea, will continue to be a force that shapes not just the region, but the West as well in the decades to come.
LC Classification Number
BP173.7.H3554 2017
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