Rethinking Islamist Politics: Culture, the State and Islamism

by Salwa Ismail

Book Overview

In an atmosphere of growing concern over the threat posed by Islamist violence, political Islamism has become the most important of geopolitical issues. In the process, it has been misrepresented. Contrary to what many believe, Islamist movements are characterised by their diversity. Revisiting the main arguments and explanations that have been used over the past twenty years to understand Islamist activism, moderate as well as militant, Salwa...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184511180X
• ISBN13: 9781845111809
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"