The Islamist Turn on Ideological Grounds

Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, and Iran in Comparative Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-86780-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Reihe: Middle East Today

Many states in the Islamic Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia that had previously experienced some measure of secularism turned to Islam in the late 20 and early 21 centuries. In so doing, they have changed the political landscape of their nations and the entire region, also significantly influencing international politics. outlines, explains, and demonstrates this change. And, on all three counts, the book fills an important gap in our collective knowledge by developing a typology of Islamist turns based on the institutional aspect of the change; offering an ideational explanation of the turns with an emphasis on the political ideologies and strategies of rulers; and studying the cases of Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, and Iran as exemplary of the Islamist turns in the region.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Türegün, Adnan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction:Islamist Turns, Ideational Perspective, and Comparative Analysis.- Chapter 2: Varieties of Islamism in MENASA Politics.- Chapter 3: The World-Historical Context of Islamisms.- Chapter 4: From Kemalist Modernism to the Turkish–Islamic Synthesis and Turco-Islamism.- Chapter 5: The Egyptian Conundrum: Shades of Modernism and Islamism.- Chapter 6: Transforming the Idea of Pakistan from Nation Building into Defence of Islam.- Chapter 7: Iran: Breaking with Pahlavi Modernism and Shi i Orthodoxy.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Revisiting Islamism and Comparative Politics.

Über Autor(innen)

Adnan Türegün is an adjunct research Professor of Sociology at Carleton University, Canada. He uses comparative methodology in his work and emphasizes the role of ideas in social outcomes. His areas of interest include Islamicization, state–Islam relations over the  and autocratic rule.