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Political Islam and human security

Mansouri, Fethi and Akbarzadeh, Shahram 2008, Political Islam and human security Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom.


Title Political Islam and human security
Author(s) Mansouri, Fethi
Akbarzadeh, Shahram
Editor(s) Mansouri, Fethi
Akbarzadeh, Shahram
Publication date 2008
Total pages 312 p.
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Place of Publication United Kingdom
Summary Summary: "In the wake of the September 11 and subsequent terrorist attacks, the academic and media commentaries on Islam the religion and Islam the basis for political ideology haves received an unprecedented high level of exposure and attention. The acts of political violence by extremist groups and the omnipresent war on terror have added fresh uncertainties to an already complex global order. Just as terrorism and counter-terrorism are locked in a mutually re-enforcing symbiosis, the sense of insecurity felt by Muslims and non-Muslims alike is mutually dependent and has the potential to escalate. This general assessment holds true for Muslims living in the Muslim world and beyond. The pervasive sense of being under attack physically and culturally by the United States and its allies has contributed to a growing unease among Muslims and re-enforced deep-seated mistrust of the ʻWestʼ. Public articulation of such misgivings has in turn, lent credence to Western observers who posit an inherent antipathy between the West and the Muslim world. The subsequent policies that have emerged in this context of fear and mutual distrust have contributed to the vicious cycle of insecurity. The present volume is anchored in the current debates on the uneasy and potentially mutually destructive relationship between the Muslim world and certain West countries. It brings together leading international scholars in this interdisciplinary field to deal with such inter-related questions as the nature of Islamism, the impact of the ʻwar on terrorʼ on the spread of militancy, the growing sense of being under siege by Muslim Diasporas and the many unintended ramifications of a security-minded world order. This volume deliberately focuses on these issues both at a broad theoretical level but more importantly in the form of a number of prominent case studies including Indonesia, Algeria and Turkey."--Publisher description.
Notes School of International and Political Studies
ISBN 9781847187727
1847187722
Language eng
Field of Research 200209 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies
HERDC Research category A3 Revision/new edition
Copyright notice ©2008, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30018694

Document type: Book
Collection: School of International and Political Studies
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