Research Catalog

Title

Islam, IS, and the fragmented state : the challenges of political Islam in the MENA region / Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Amjed Rasheed, and Juline Beaujouan.

Author

Ehteshami, Anoushiravan

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rasheed, Amjed
• Beaujouan, Juline

Description

227 pages : illustration; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book provides a pioneering and original study of the regional effects of political Islam. It sets out the multifaceted interactions between Islam and politics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, focussing in particular on the so-called Islamic State (IS) organization in its broad discussion of political Islam. Utilizing a trans-disciplinary perspective, the book interacts with social constructivism and complex realism theories to analyse the clash between the modern notion of the state and that of identity in the region. Looking at issues such as the rise of IS and its attempts to establish a caliphate, the book offers three different, yet complementary, levels of analysis for its discussion. These being: Regional (dis)order, the erosion of state power and its boundaries, and the role of non-state actors in shaping the politics of the MENA region. Each of these levels are addressed in detail in turn in order to build a comprehensive picture of state and political Islam in the Arab core of the MENA region. What emerges is a comprehensive analysis of the interlinked relationships between political and Islamic elements of Arab polities and societies. As such, this book will be of great interest to academics and policymakers focusing on matters relating to the study of Islam, Islam and politics, study of religion more broadly, and security studies and area studies, particularly in the MENA region"--

Series Statement

Routledge studies in religion

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in religion.

Subjects

• Informational works
• Islam and state
• Islam and politics
• IS (Organization)

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. De-regionalization of the regional order -- 2. The erosion of state power -- 3. Political Islam : reactive and/or proactive? " : the case of the Islamic State -- 4. The (Re)-establishment of the caliphate -- 5. The narrative of the Islamic State -- 6. The state fights back -- 7. Political Islam on the run.

Call Number

JFE 21-1391

ISBN

• 9780367234867
• 0367234866
• 9780429280047 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000097825 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000097801 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000097818 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2020022518
• 40030212488

OCLC

1144100347

Author

Ehteshami, Anoushiravan, author.

Title

Islam, IS, and the fragmented state : the challenges of political Islam in the MENA region / Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Amjed Rasheed, and Juline Beaujouan.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies in religion

Routledge studies in religion.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Rasheed, Amjed, author.

Beaujouan, Juline, author.

Other Form:

Online version: Ehteshami, Anoushiravan, Islam, IS, and the fragmented state 1. New York : Routledge, 2020. 9780429280047 (DLC) 2020022519

Other Standard Identifier

40030212488

Research Call Number

JFE 21-1391