| The Failure of Political Islam Contributor(s): Roy, Olivier (Author), Volk, Carol (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674291417 ISBN-13: 9780674291416 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1998 Annotation: Olivier Roy demonstrates that Islamic Fundamentalism of today is still the Third Worldism of the 1960s: populist politics and mixed economies of laissez-faire for the rich and subsidies for the poor. In Roy's striking formulation, those marching today beneath Islam's green banners are the same as the 'reds' of yesterday, with similarly dim prospects of success. Richly informed, powerfully argued, and clearly written, this is a book that no one trying to understand Islamism can afford to overlook. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Religion | Islam - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 322.109 |
| LCCN: 000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.93" W x 8.89" (0.78 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This powerful argument reassess radical Islam and the set of ideas and assumptions at its core. Olivier Roy offers a challenging and highly original view that no-one trying to understand Islamic fundamentalism can afford to overlook. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roy, Olivier: - Olivier Roy is Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris and the author of Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan. |