The Inevitable Caliphate?: A History of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, 1924 to the Present by Pankhurst, Reza
The Inevitable Caliphate?: A History of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, 1924 to the Present by Pankhurst, Reza

The Inevitable Caliphate?: A History of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, 1924 to the Present

While in the West 'the Caliphate" evokes overwhelmingly negative images, throughout Islamic history it has been regarded...
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The Inevitable Caliphate?: A History of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, 1924 to the Present by Pankhurst, Reza

The Inevitable Caliphate?: A History of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, 1924 to the Present

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The Inevitable Caliphate?: A History of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, 1924 to the Present by Pankhurst, Reza

The Inevitable Caliphate?: A History of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, 1924 to the Present

$1,137.91
Author: Reza Pankhurst
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
While in the West 'the Caliphate" evokes overwhelmingly negative images, throughout Islamic history it has been regarded as the ideal Islamic polity. In the wake of the "Arab Spring" and the removal of long-standing dictators in the Middle East, in which the dominant discourse appears to be one of the compatibility of Islam and democracy, reviving the Caliphate has continued to exercise the minds of its opponents and advocates. Reza Pankhurst's book contributes to our understanding of Islam in politics, the path of Islamic revival across the last century and how the popularity of the Caliphate in Muslim discourse waned and later re-emerged. Beginning with the abolition of the Caliphate, the ideas and discourse of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hizb ut-Tahrir, al-Qaeda and other smaller groups are then examined. A comparative analysis highlights the core commonalities as well as differences between the various movements and individuals, and suggests that as movements struggle to
re-establish a polity which expresses the unity of the ummah (or global Islamic community), the Caliphate has alternatively been ignored, had its significance minimised or denied, reclaimed and promoted as a theory and symbol in different ways, yet still serves as a political ideal for many.


Author: Reza Pankhurst
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/04/2013
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780199327997

About the Author

Reza Pankhurst is a political scientist and historian, specialising in the Middle East and Islamic movements. He has a doctorate from the London School of Economics, where he previously completed his masters degree in the history of international relations.



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