Making Islam Democratic: Social Movements and the Post-Islamist Turn - Paperback
by Asef Bayat
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Availability:In StockContributor:Asef BayatSeries:Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies andPublish date:5/16/2007Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804755955ISBN-10:804755957UPC:9780804755955Book Category:History, Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle East, Religion, Politics & State, Islamic StudiesSize:8.96 x 6.64 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SC1R7M8RDD
Making Islam Democratic: Social Movements and the Post-Islamist Turn
Whether Islam is compatible with democracy is an increasingly asked question, but ultimately a misguided one. In this book, Asef Bayat proposes that democratic ideals have less to do with the essence of any religion than with how it is practiced. He offers a new approach to Islam and democracy, outlining how the social struggles of student organizations, youth and women's groups, the...
Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804755955ISBN-10:804755957UPC:9780804755955Book Category:History, Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle East, Religion, Politics & State, Islamic StudiesSize:8.96 x 6.64 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SC1R7M8RDD
Asef Bayat is Professor of Sociology and Middle Eastern Studies and holds the Chair of Society and Culture of the Modern Middle East at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He is the author of Life as Politics: How Ordinary People Change the Middle East (Stanford, 2009) and Street Politics: Poor People's Movements in Iran (1997).
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