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There has been a significant upsurge of western interest in the
political manifestations and significance of Islam in the last
decade, fuelled by the notion of Islamic 'revival', the Iranian
revolution and by events in countries as diverse as Egypt, Pakistan
and Sudan. Oil power and its effect on the international economic
order, the relationship of Muslim countries with the superpowers
and the continuation of the Arab-Israeli conflict have also served
to focus attention on Islamic politics and, in particular, on the
notion of Islamic reassertion. As the author of this book argues,
one result of this interest has been the development of a view of
Islam as monolithic and implacable. He takes a broad view of the
intellectual and cultural history of Islam, emphasising the
extraordinary diversity of Islamic societies and the ways in which
the ideal is often pragmatically adapted to reality. In this wider
social and historical context, the nature of Islamic revival is
then reassessed. First published in 1988.
There has been a significant upsurge of western interest in the
political manifestations and significance of Islam in the last
decade, fuelled by the notion of Islamic 'revival', the Iranian
revolution and by events in countries as diverse as Egypt, Pakistan
and Sudan. Oil power and its effect on the international economic
order, the relationship of Muslim countries with the superpowers
and the continuation of the Arab-Israeli conflict have also served
to focus attention on Islamic politics and, in particular, on the
notion of Islamic reassertion. As the author of this book argues,
one result of this interest has been the development of a view of
Islam as monolithic and implacable. He takes a broad view of the
intellectual and cultural history of Islam, emphasising the
extraordinary diversity of Islamic societies and the ways in which
the ideal is often pragmatically adapted to reality. In this wider
social and historical context, the nature of Islamic revival is
then reassessed. First published in 1988.
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