The Roots of Radical Islam
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Saqi Books
Published: March 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780863565090
Subjects: Political activism; Sociology
Description: Gilles Kepel, one of the world's leading experts on Islamist movements, was amongst the first to identify Egypt as the cradle of contemporary Islamism. This seminal work, now with a new introduction, gives a profoundly perceptive account of the foundations of today's radical Islamic organisations, and offers compelling insights into the structure, theory and tactics employed by the various groups as early as the 1970s in Egypt. -- Publisher description.