Islamic fundamentalism has had a significant impact in nearly every corner of the world in recent years. Bassam Tibi offers a disquieting analysis of this particular synthesis of religion and politics. The author sees Islamic fundamentalism as the result of Islam's confrontation with modernity. The movement is unprecedented in Islamic history and parallels the inability of Islamic "nation-states" to integrate with the new world secular order. This study is an analysis of the politicization of religion, a global phenomenon ...
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Islamic fundamentalism has had a significant impact in nearly every corner of the world in recent years. Bassam Tibi offers a disquieting analysis of this particular synthesis of religion and politics. The author sees Islamic fundamentalism as the result of Islam's confrontation with modernity. The movement is unprecedented in Islamic history and parallels the inability of Islamic "nation-states" to integrate with the new world secular order. This study is an analysis of the politicization of religion, a global phenomenon that extends beyond Islam, and the author suggests that such global issues must be addressed within the framework of worldwide solutions. As an alternative to religious fundamentalism he proposes a compact based on secular democracy and human rights. These twin goals should become the substance of an international cross-cultural morality, one that should bring people of different civilizations to live together in peace. Islamic fundamentalism poses a grave challenge to world politics, security and stability, Tibi maintains. He consistantly draws a distinction between Islam as a religion and Islamic fundamentalism as a political ideology, a distinction not always u
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As New in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7æ"-9æ" tall. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 262pp., Bibliographic References, Name Index, Subject Index. First edition, first printing. A tenchant and passionate discussion of the current 'troubles' caused by the rise and increasing radicalism of Islamic Fundamentalism. Though a Moslem himself, Tibi is no apologist but an erudite observer who strives to draw a distiction between Islam as a religion and Islamic Fundamentalism as a political ideology. A very clean, square, crisp copy, unread. As new in an as new duist-jacket.
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