The Politicisation of Islam: A Case Study of Tunisia traces the emergence, rise, and recent eclipse of the modern Tunisian Islamic movement, al-Nahda, and provides a comprehensive analysis of its political, social, and intellectual discourse. The first two chapters concentrate on the factors behind the emergence of al-Nahda and its politicization. The three major confrontations between the movement and the Tunisian regime, which culminated in 1991 in the banning of all al-Nahda activities inside Tunisia, is explored in Chapter Three. The author discusses the basic concepts of political Islam in the movement's literature in Chapter Four, in particular the Islamists' rejection of secularism, and al-Nahda 's proposal for a modern Islamic state in Chapter Five. In the concluding chapter, the author addresses the Islamists' cultural agenda and their insistence on an Islamic identity for Tunisia. A valuable contribution to the study of political Islam, this is the first complete analysis, in English, of the history of this modern Tunisian Islamic movement.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN-13
9780813338880
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95249179
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Social Organisations
Author
Mohamed Elhachmi Hamdi
Publication Name
The Politicisation of Islam: a Case Study of Tunisia
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Politics, History
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
223 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
318g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Mohamed Elhachmi Hamdi
Topic
Islam
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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