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The Journey to Tahrir: Revolution, Protest, and Social Change in Egypt, , Islamist Politics in the Middle East, , Articles 1—20 Show more. Ethnography, identity, and the production of knowledge S Shehata Interpretation and method: The politics of laughter: Islamist politics in the Middle East: Movements and change S Shehata Routledge , Although there is broad consensus on the importance of political Islam, there is far less agreement on its character, the reasons for Islamist's success, the role of Islamist movements in domestic and international affairs, or what these movements portend for the future.
The system can't perform the operation now. This volume addresses a number of central questions in the study of Islamist politics in the Middle East through detailed case studies of some of the region's most important Islamist movements. Together, their work captures much of the diversity of Islamist politics in the region and will contribute to the scholarship on a topic that continues to be important for the Middle East and the world. The essays in this volume challenge a Western framework [and] move past neo-colonial perceptions by examining the organization, collective authority, and diversity that create local politics, eschewing generalizations to look at the connections between local movements. Jonathan Barsness rated it really liked it Jun 25, In Egypt, Democrats vs. Publisher Synopsis "The different papers in the book reflect the diversity of Islamic politics and address a number of themes
This volume addresses a number of central questions in the study of Islamist politics in the Middle East through detailed case studies of some of the region's most important Islamist movements. The topics addressed within this volume include social networks and social welfare provision, Islamist groups as opposition actors, Islamist electoral participation, the intersection of Islam and national liberation struggles, the role of religion in Islamist politics, and Islam and state politics in Iran, among other topics.
All of the contributing authors are specialists with deep knowledge of the subject matter who are committed to empirically based research.
These scholars take Islamists seriously as modern, sophisticated, and strategic political players. Together, their work captures much of the diversity of Islamist politics in the region and will contribute to the scholarship on a topic that continues to be important for the Middle East and the world.
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For over three decades, Islamist politics, or political Islam, has been one of the most dynamic and contentious political forces in the Middle East. Although there . Download Citation on ResearchGate | On Jun 9, , Frida Nome and others published Islamist Politics in the Middle East: Movements and Change Edited by .
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