ISBN:
978-0-415-66216-1
,
978-0-415-66217-8
,
978-0-203-38555-5/Weitere Ausgabe
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 242 S.
Series Statement:
Middle East Studies
Keywords:
Arabische Staaten Islam
;
Islam und Politik
;
Politik und Gesellschaft
;
Scharia
;
Arabischer Frühling
;
Fundamentalismus, islamischer
;
Terrorismus
;
Recht, islamisches
;
Politische Bewegung
;
Demokratisierung
Abstract:
Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, The Sharia State examines the Islamist concept of political order. This order is based on a new interpretation of sharia and has been dubbed "the Islamic state" by Islamists. The concept of "the Islamic state," has been elevated to a political agenda and it is this agenda that is examined here. In contrast to the prevailing view which sees the Arab Spring as a revolution, this book argues that the phenomenon has been neither a Spring, nor a revolution. The term 'Arab Spring,' connotes a just rebellion that led to toppling dictators and authoritarian rulers, yet in The Sharia State, Bassam Tibi challenges the unchecked assumption that the seizure of leadership by Islamists is a part of the democratization of the Middle East. Providing a new perspective on the relationship between the Arab Spring and democratization, this book is an essential read for students and scholars of Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies and Politics.
Description / Table of Contents:
Will the shariÄa-state be the outcome? Arab Spring and the hope for democratization -- The shari'a-state and western scholarship. the reality of an Islamist shari'atization of politics that seeks a name -- The shari'a-state is not the faith of Islam: shari'a and politics -- The challenge of the Islamist shari'a- state to the international order: torn between the Westphalian synthesis, Pax Americana and Pax Islamica -- Shari'a and Islamism in the Arab Spring: from the promise of a blossoming spring to a frosty and lethal winter -- From traditional shari'a reasoning to the Islamist shari'atization in post-Arab Spring -- Torn between combating prejudice and the accusation of Islamophobia: the shari'a-state and policing speech in the debate on whither Islamic civilization.
