War and Peace in Islam [electronic resource] : A Critique of Islamic/ist Political Discourses /
Mirbagheri, SM Farid.author.
Mirbagheri traces the revival of Islamic/ist movements, and embarks on a theoretical study of some of the fundamental concepts in Islam and International Relations such as the self, Jihad, peace and universalism. Contemporary cases of conflict in the Middle East are analysed to pose a challenge to the universalist discourse of Western liberalism.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Framework of Analysis and Setting the Questions; 1 Islamic Discourses: Definitions and Background; 1.1 A question of definition: what is Islam?; 1.2 From Islamic revivalism to fundamentalism: a brief narrative of contemporary leading figures in political Islam; 2 Contextualising Islam or Islamicising Context: Debates on the Role of Islam in Politics; 2.1 Islamic Gnosticism and critical theory; 2.2 Islam and international relations; 2.3 Secular Islam versus politicised Islam
3 The Concepts of War and Peace and Their Comparative Positions in an Islamic Context3.1 What is war and what is peace? A question of definitions, Islamic and Western; 3.2 Universalism in Islam and the West and the narrated history; 3.3 Hermeneutics, Islam and the West and the dialogue of civilisations; 4 The Question of Jihad; 4.1 The definition of the term jihad; 4.2 The issue of just war and jihad; 4.3 Jihad : political violence and/or religious piety?; 5 Current Conflicts and Muslim and Islamist States: Two Contemporary Cases
5.1 War and peace in Iraq: political philosophy versus organised violence5.2 Iran: cold peace versus hot war, conflict in transition; Conclusion; Postscript: A Few Words on the Sweeping Changes in the Middle East; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mirbagheri traces the revival of Islamic/ist movements, and embarks on a theoretical study of some of the fundamental concepts in Islam and International Relations such as the self, Jihad, peace and universalism. Contemporary cases of conflict in the Middle East are analysed to pose a challenge to the universalist discourse of Western liberalism.
Middle East—Politics and government.
International relations.
Peace.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Political theory.
Political science.
Middle Eastern Politics.
International Relations.
Conflict Studies.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Political Theory.
Political Science.