The Awakening of Muslim Democracy: Religion, Modernity, and the State

by Jocelyne Cesari

Book Overview

Why and how did Islam become such a political force in so many Muslim-majority countries? In this book, Jocelyne Cesari investigates the relationship between modernization, politics, and Islam in Muslim-majority countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Turkey - countries that were founded by secular rulers and have since undergone secularized politics. Cesari argues that nation-building processes in these states have not created liberal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107664829
• ISBN13: 9781107664821
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"