Introduction Part 1: Islamist Politics: Theory and Critique 1. Islam and Islamist Politics in the Arab World: Old Theories and New Facts? 2. Degrading Democracy: American Empire, Islam, and Struggles for Freedom in the Arab Islamic World Part 2: Case Studies: Islamist Movements and Politics in the Middle East 3. Islamist Social Networks and Social Welfare Services in Turkey 4. Patronage, Prestige, and Power: The Islamic Center Charity Society’s Role within the Muslim Brotherhood 5. The Religious Dimension of Islamism: Sufism, Salafism, and Politics in Morocco 6. The Muslim Brotherhood – Between Evangelizing and Politics: The Challenges of Incorporating the Brotherhood into the Political Process 7. Political Da‘wa: Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood’s Participation in Semi-Authoritarian Elections 8. Mobilization and Ideology in the Iraqi Insurgency: The Role of Islam 9. Hizbullah and Regional Non-state Actors 10. Hamas as a Ruling Party 11. A Decade of Reformists and Islamists in Power in the Islamic Republic of Iran: 1997-2007
Samer S. Shehata is an Assistant Professor of Arab Politics at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. His first book, Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt, was published in 2009 and he is the author of numerous academic and policy articles about Egyptian politics and the Muslim Brotherhood.
"The different papers in the book reflect the diversity of Islamic
politics and address a number of themes... Together, their work
captures much of the diversity of Islamic politics in the region
and is a significant contribution to the scolarship on a region and
topic that continues to hold world attention." - Elfatih A. Abdel
Salam, The Muslim World Book Review, 33:2, 2013.Islamist Politics
in the Middle East rejects the perspective that "Islamic
fundamentalism" is a backward looking and anti-modern, religiously
based political ideology. The essays in this volume challenge a
Western framework [and] move past neo-colonial perceptions by
examining the organization, collective authority, and diversity
that create local politics, eschewing generalizations to look at
the connections between local movements[…]This wonderful set of
essays takes many different approaches to examine the diversity of
political movements in the present day Islamist Middle Eastern
setting and shows where the West is entrapped in the use of
language and images that stifle analysis. Assembled in one space,
the essays let us contemplate Shehata’s introductory theme, the
puzzle to the West of defining political Islamists. The West,
staggering at times under its own unexamined trucebetween secular
society and Christianity, is badly equipped to view impartially the
ineluctable centrality of Islam in these states. Researchers and
policy makers who wish to build a more practical and realistic view
of the Middle East will find Shehata’s book useful.Jacqueline
Swansinger PhDSUNY FredoniaJournal of International and Global
Studies Vol 4 No 2 April 2015
"The different papers in the book reflect the diversity of Islamic
politics and address a number of themes... Together, their work
captures much of the diversity of Islamic politics in the region
and is a significant contribution to the scolarship on a region and
topic that continues to hold world attention." - Elfatih A. Abdel
Salam, The Muslim World Book Review, 33:2, 2013.Islamist Politics
in the Middle East rejects the perspective that "Islamic
fundamentalism" is a backward looking and anti-modern, religiously
based political ideology. The essays in this volume challenge a
Western framework [and] move past neo-colonial perceptions by
examining the organization, collective authority, and diversity
that create local politics, eschewing generalizations to look at
the connections between local movements[…]This wonderful set of
essays takes many different approaches to examine the diversity of
political movements in the present day Islamist Middle Eastern
setting and shows where the West is entrapped in the use of
language and images that stifle analysis. Assembled in one space,
the essays let us contemplate Shehata’s introductory theme, the
puzzle to the West of defining political Islamists. The West,
staggering at times under its own unexamined trucebetween secular
society and Christianity, is badly equipped to view impartially the
ineluctable centrality of Islam in these states. Researchers and
policy makers who wish to build a more practical and realistic view
of the Middle East will find Shehata’s book useful.Jacqueline
Swansinger PhDSUNY FredoniaJournal of International and Global
Studies Vol 4 No 2 April 2015"...a valuable contribution to further
our knowledge of the broad phenomenon of Islamic politics in
practice...a valuable achievement"
Frida Nome, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, NUPI and
Norwegian School of TheologyJournal of Islamic Studies, vol 26, no
2, September 2015, 345-347
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