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The Revival And Power Of Religious Feelings Among Muslims Since The Iranian Revolution Presents A Complicated And Often Perplexing Picture Of The Politics Of Modern Islam. What Are The Ideas Which Have Influenced The Direction Of These Trends? Here, Hamis Enayat Provides An Answer By Describing And Interpreting Some Of The Major Islamic Political Ideas, Especially Those Expressed By Iranians And Egyptians, As Well As Thinkers From Pakistan, India, Lebanon, Syria And Iraq. He Examines The Political Differences Between The Two Main Schools In Islam - Shi'ism And Sunnism. Also Covered In The Book Is: The Concept Of The Islamic State; And The Muslim Response To The Challenge Of Alien And Modern Ideologies Such As Nationalism, Democracy And Socialism - As Well As Notions Of Shi'i Modernism. Introduction : The Relevance Of The Past -- 1. Shi'ism And Sunnism : Conflict And Concord -- I. Spirit Of Shi'ism -- Ii. Polemics -- 2. Crisis Over The Caliphate -- 3. Concept Of The Islamic State -- I. Muhammad Rashid Rida -- Ii. Fundamentalism -- 4. Nationalism, Democracy And Socialism -- I. Nationalism -- Ii. Democracy -- Iii. Socialism -- 5. Aspects Of Shi'i Modernism -- I. Constitutionalism -- I

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Author
Mottahedeh, Roy, Enayat, Hamid
Publisher
I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Published
2005
Language
EN
ISBN
9780857731463
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, Islam, History

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