Religion and Politics: Islam and Muslim Civilization - Softcover

Lane, Jan-Erik; Redissi, Hamadi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138376515 ISBN 13: 9781138376519

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

Muslim societies are struggling under the need for modernization and the drift towards Islamic fundamentalism. The balance between these two forces is struck differently in the various Muslim societies depending upon the constellation of groups as historical legacies. However, the tension is real. In this work, Jan-Erik Lane and Hamadi Redissi look at the underlying social consequences of religious beliefs to account for the political differences between major civilizations of the world against a background of the rise of modern capitalism. Offering a timely new appraisal of the political and social impact of Islam, this expanded second edition of Religion and Politics has been fully updated in line with new events and will be welcomed by political scientists and historians alike. In a readable and accessible style, this thought-provoking work raises the question of whether the tenets of Islam might be reconciled with the requirements of post-modernity.

About this title

About the Author:

Jan-Erik Lane, University of Freiburg, Germany and Hamedi Redissi is Professor at the University of Tunis in Tunisia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1138376515
• ISBN 13: 9781138376519
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360