The Middle East
Subtitle: the politics of the sacred and secular
By: Shahrough Akhavi.
Series: World political theories
Publisher: Zed; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781842778968; 9781842778975
Subjects: Islam and state -- Middle East; Middle East -- Politics and government
Description: This text provides a comprehensive overview of the development of political thought in the Middle East, and shows that the way people think about politics in the Middle East has developed in response to historical experience. Islam has played a pivotal role, and the text disentangles myth and reality about Islamic responses to politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.