Making Sense of Muslim Fundamentalisms

The Clash Within Islam
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-85645-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Studying Muslim fundamentalisms, this book compares key movements, examining their commonalities, differences and intricate relations, as well as their achievements and failures. Muslim fundamentalisms have the sympathy of approximately half of the Muslim population in the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hurvitz, Nimrod

Alshech, Eli

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I: Histories

1. Moderate fundamentalists

2. Militant fundamentalists

Part II: Mobilization

3. Authority and leadership

4. The art and means of persuasion

Part III: Moral order

5. Images of the West

6. Culture wars

7. Women in the public sphere

Concluding observations

Über Autor(innen)

Nimrod Hurvitz teaches at the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. His areas of interest are medieval and modern religio-political movements. His publications have appeared in The American Historical Review, and in the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School.

Eli Alshech is a visiting scholar at the Hebrew University and a government consultant. His research focuses on Islamic fundamentalism, Salafi-Jihadism, "Lone wolf" Terrorism, and Cyber Terrorism. His recent publications pertain to the ideological rift within the Salafi-Jihadi camp, and to the way Jihadists build their authority and legitimacy.