The Failure of Political Islam

Olivier Roy

Translated by Carol Volk

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$33.00 • £28.95 • €30.95

ISBN 9780674291416

Publication Date: 08/19/1998

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256 pages

6 x 9 inches

World

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Preface
Introduction
1. Islam and Politics: From Tradition to Reformism
2. The Concepts of Islamism
3. The Sociology of Islamism
4. The Impasses of Islamist Ideology
5. Neofundamentalism: From the Muslim Brotherhood to the Algerian FIS
6. The Islamist New Intellectuals
7. The Geostrategy of Islamism: States and Networks
8. The Islamic Economy: Between Illusions and Rhetoric
9. Afghanistan: Jihad and Traditional Society
10. Iran: Shiism and Revolution
11. The Shiite Factor in Iran’s Foreign Policy
Conclusion: Tomorrow’s Gray Areas
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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