Islam, democracy, and cosmopolitanism : at home and in the world /

"This book presents a critical study of citizenship, state, and globalization in societies that have been historically influenced by Islamic traditions and institutions. Interrogating the work of contemporary theorists of Islamic modernity such as Mohammed Arkoun, Abdul an-Na'im, Fatima Me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mirsepassi, Ali
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Other Authors:	Fernée, Tadd Graham, 1971-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Islam and politics. Islam and civil society. Citizenship > Religious aspects > Islam. Democracy > Religious aspects > Islam. Globalization > Religious aspects > Islam. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International. POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: citizenship, state, and globalization
1. Ways of being in the world : religion and secularism
2. Islams and modernities : Al-Azmeh's secular critique
3. Talal Asad's romance with Islamism
4. Arkoun's The Unthought in Islamic Thought
5. An-Na'im's Islamic reformation : the reconciliation of equality of rights and the Shari'a
6. Fatima Mernissi : 'locally' rooted cosmopolitanism
Conclusion.