Civil Society in the Muslim World
Subtitle: Contemporary Perspectives
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: October 4, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781860648588
Subjects: Islamic studies; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; General; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Islamic countries; Civics & Citizenship; Islam - General; Religion / Islam
First sentence: 'Cavil society is a Western dream, a historical aspiration', claims the eminent Turkish scholar, Serif Mardin, and as such, 'does not translate into Islamic terms'.1