Modern Islamic political thought
Subtitle: the response of the Shī'ī and Sunnī Muslims to the twentieth century
By: Hamid Enayat.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Islam and politics.; Political science -- Islamic countries -- History.; Islam and state.; Islamic countries -- Politics and government.
Description: The revival and power of religious feelings among Muslims since the Iranian revolution presents a complicated and often perplexing picture of the politics of modern Islam. What are the ideas which have influenced the direction of these trends? Here, Hamis Enayat provides an answer by describing and interpreting some of the major Islamic political ideas, especially those expressed by Iranians and Egyptians, as well as thinkers from Pakistan, India, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. He examines the political differences between the two main schools in Islam - Shi'ism and Sunnism. Also covered in the book is: the concept of the Islamic state; and the Muslim response to the challenge of alien and modern ideologies such as nationalism, democracy and socialism - as well as notions of Shi'i modernism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index.