Islam and democracy :: what is the real question? /

Is Islam compatible with democracy? The text examines one of the most frequently-asked and yet misguided questions. Democratic ethos should not and cannot be deduced from some essence of religions supposedly inscribed in the scriptures. Rather, they are the outcome of political struggles that push I...

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Main Author: Bayat, Asef
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007.
Series:ISIM papers ; 8.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Is Islam compatible with democracy? The text examines one of the most frequently-asked and yet misguided questions. Democratic ethos should not and cannot be deduced from some essence of religions supposedly inscribed in the scriptures. Rather, they are the outcome of political struggles that push Islam toward democratic or authoritarian directions. Asef Bayat offers a new approach to examine Islam and democracy arguing how the social struggles of diverse Muslim populations, those with different interests and orientation, render Islam to embrace democratic ideas or authoritarian disposition. "Islamism" and "post-Islamism" are discussed as representing two contrasting movements which have taken Islam into different, authoritarian and inclusive, political directions. This title can be previewed in Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9789053569832
Physical Description:1 online resource (21 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781429472593
1429472596
9053569839
9789053569832
9789048501786
9048501784
1281191205
9781281191205
9786611191207
6611191208
ISSN:1568-8313 ;

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