| The Challenge of Fundamentalism: Political Islam and the New World Disorder Volume 9 Updated Edition Contributor(s): Tibi, Bassam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520236904 ISBN-13: 9780520236905 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: Long before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Islamic fundamentalism was exerting a significant influence in nearly every corner of the world. Bassam Tibi, a widely recognized expert on Islam and Arab culture, offers an important and disquieting analysis of this particular synthesis of religion and politics. A Muslim and descendant of a famous Damascene Islamic scholar family, Tibi sees Islamic fundamentalism as the result of Islam's confrontation with modernity and not only--as it is widely believed--economic adversity. The movement is unprecedented in Islamic history and parallels the inability of Islamic nation-states to integrate into the new world secular order. For this updated edition, Tibi has written a new preface and lengthy introduction addressing Islamic fundamentalism in light of and since September 11. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - General - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 320.550 |
| LCCN: 2002067877 |
| Series: Comparative Studies in Religion and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.06" W x 8.96" (0.98 lbs) 293 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Long before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Islamic fundamentalism was exerting a significant influence in nearly every corner of the world. Bassam Tibi, a widely recognized expert on Islam and Arab culture, offers an important and disquieting analysis of this particular synthesis of religion and politics. A Muslim and descendant of a famous Damascene Islamic scholar family, Tibi sees Islamic fundamentalism as the result of Islam's confrontation with modernity and not only--as it is widely believed--economic adversity. The movement is unprecedented in Islamic history and parallels the inability of Islamic nation-states to integrate into the new world secular order. For this updated edition, Tibi has written a new preface and lengthy introduction addressing Islamic fundamentalism in light of and since September 11. |