The Politics of Islamic Reassertion (RLE Politics of Islam) - 9781138912731

Name: The Politics of Islamic Reassertion (RLE Politics of Islam) - 9781138912731
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Politics of Islamic Reassertion (RLE Politics of Islam)Author(s): Mohammed Ayoob\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138912731, 978-1138912731\nSynopsis\nThe Iranian Revolution has catalysed the preconceptions holding sway in the Western World about the character of Islam and its politics, based as they are on a mixture of imagined cultural superiority and a latent fear of a resurgence similar to the Arab conquests of the seventh and eighth centuries of the long Ottoman domination of Eastern Europe.\n\nThis book constitutes a counterweight to such monolithic perceptions of Islam. It surveys the nature of opinion and of government in the larger Muslim regions of the world, and the position of Muslims in states where they are not the dominant population. Each contributor expresses his own assessment of the regional data, and the editors concluding chapter draws together the threads of a work which will form an im.