Islamic Fundamentalism since 1945
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Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-30173-2
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 2nd December 2004
- Pages: 176
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About the Book
Beverley Milton-Edwards analyzes the roots and emergence of new Islamic movements and the main thinkers that inspired them.
Providing a much-needed historical overview, the main facets of Islamic fundamentalism are put in a global context, with a thematic debate of issues such as:
- the effects of colonialism on Islam
- secularism and the Islamic reaction
- Islam and violence
- globalization and transnational Islamic movements
- Islam in the wake of 9/11.
For students and anyone interested in the history, effects and consequences of these Islamic movements, Islamic Fundamentalism since 1945 is the book to buy.
Table of Contents
1. A Diverse Tradition from Past to Present 2. The Advance of Secularism: Decline of Islam? 3. Identity and Revivalism 4. Islam Armed: Resistance in an Ideological Era 5. Going Global: Fundamentalism and Terror 6. Ground Zero and Islamic Fundamentalism