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Islam and democracy in South Asia : the case of Bangladesh /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Islam, Nazrul
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Islam, Saidul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Subjects:
Democracy > Religious aspects > Islam.
Islam and state > Bangladesh.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Acronyms
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Islam and Democracy in South Asia: An Introduction
  • Democracy and Islam: Compatible or Contender?
  • Studies on the South Asian Landscape
  • The Case of Bangladesh
  • Questions, Structure, and Central Arguments
  • References
  • 2 Framework: Religion, Secularism, and Democracy
  • The "Secularization Theory"
  • The Decline of Religion Thesis
  • "Old Paradigm" and "New Paradigm"
  • Modalities of Secularism
  • Weberian Sociology of Religion
  • Conceptual Threads
  • "Polyarchy" by Dahl (1971, 1999) and Post-Dahl Authors
  • Hybridity of Democracy
  • References
  • 3 Data Collection and Analysis
  • Triangulation of Methods
  • Sampling
  • Intensive Interviews
  • Recording, Questions, and Interview Techniques
  • Transcription
  • Focus Group Discussion
  • Other Data Collection and Analysis
  • Research Obstacles
  • References
  • 4 Islam and Democracy: A Philosophical Debate
  • Divergent Scholarship on Islam and Democracy
  • Contemporary Islamic Scholars on Democracy
  • Islamic Revivalism Efforts in Eighteenth Century
  • The Nineteenth-Century Reformist Movements
  • Harmony Between Democracy and Islam
  • References
  • 5 The Advent of Islam and Growth of Muslim Society in Bengal
  • Background
  • Islamization Theories in Bengal
  • Bengal During the Advent of Islam
  • Islam's Entry to Bengal and the Rise of Muslim Society
  • The Arab Merchants: Early Contacts with Bengal
  • The Muslim Conquest: Beginning of Islamic Consolidation in Bengal
  • The Sufis, Saints, and Spiritual Figures: Islam Wins Bengal
  • The Coming of Sufis in Pre-Muslim Bengal
  • The Coming of Sufis in Bengal During the Early Muslim Period
  • References
  • 6 Political Islam in Pre-independent Bangladesh: Puritanism, Muslim Nationalism, and Ethno-Nationalism
  • Defining Political Islam
  • Political Islam in Colonial Bengal: Less Political, More Puritanical
  • Political Islam in East Pakistan: Bengali Nationalism Superseded Muslim Nationalism
  • References
  • 7 Piety and Politics: Secularization and Islamization in Bangladesh
  • Background
  • State-Sponsored Islamization in Bangladesh
  • Islamization Promoted by Non-state Actors/Non-political Institutions and Groups
  • Madrasas and Mosques
  • The Hefazat-e-Islam and the Ahl-i-Hadith Andolan
  • The Tablighi Jamaat
  • The Sufis and Saints/Pirs, and Their Shrines
  • Socioreligious and Cultural Organizations
  • References
  • 8 Islam, Islamism, and Democracy in Bangladesh
  • Islam: An Issue of the People's Everyday Life
  • Islamism and Democracy: Do They Necessarily Conflict Each Other in Bangladesh?
  • Pragmatist cum Opportunist
  • Idealist and Orthodox (Political)
  • Pir (Saint)/Mazar (Shrine)-Based
  • Urban Elite-Centric
  • The Jihadists/Militant Orthodox
  • "Democratic Islamism" Versus "Militant Islamism"
  • References