num_pages: 272
description: Heretofore, the study of the Middle East has focused almost exclusively on Islam and on the regime, especially on its nondemocratic aspects. It has done so at the expense of accounting fully for the forces of skepticism, liberty, and creativity that struggle against Islamic conformism and state hegemony. This volume examines how Middle Eastern peoples in the 19th and 20th centuries lived and flourished while trying to shape their political and religious surroundings outside the formal structures of established religion and the state. Contributors: Charles E. Butterworth, 1. William Zartman, Antoine B. Zahland, Serif Mardin, Said Bensaid Alaoui, As'ad AbuKhalil, lliya Harik, Ibrahim A. Karawan, Timothy J. Piro, Daniel Lerner, Jean Leca, Meriem Verges, Mounia Bennani?Chraibi. Woodrow Wilson Center Press Series Copublished with the Woodrow Wilson Center
language: English
title: Between the State and Islam
titlecomplete: Between the State and Islam (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Cambridge University Press