Key Islamic Political Thinkers 2018 Edition by John L. Esposito, Emad El-Din Shahin , Oxford

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Oxford Key Islamic Political Thinkers 2018 Edition by John L. Esposito, Emad El-Din Shahin

Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies. In countries throughout the world, individuals and movements have attempted to reconstruct the political, economic, and social dimensions of their societies along Islamic lines, taking different approaches to the shari`a and to the questions of whether and how to establish an Islamic state. _x000D__x000D_Key Islamic Political Thinkers offers an examination of some of the leading intellectuals behind the resurgence of political Islam. The essays in this volume cover a selection of thinkers that is representative of the main strands of contemporary Muslim political thought. It starts with the forefathers of contemporary political Islam, Hasan al-Banna and Abu al A`la al-Mawdudi, analyzes the revolutionary ideas of Sayyid Qutb, Ali Shari`ati, and Ayatollah Khomeini, and ends with the_x000D_"intellectuals" of political Islam, Hassan al-Turabi, Rashid al-Ghannoushi, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Muhammad Khatami, and Abdolkarim Soroush, who exemplify the diversity and complexity of contemporary Muslim political discourse. This volume provides a valuable guide to the most important intellectual architects of the_x000D_Islamic revival._x000D_ Table of Contents :- _x000D_ Introduction_x000D_ _x000D_ Part I: Founders of Political Islam_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 1: Hassan Al-Banna_x000D_ Ahmad Moussalli _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 2: Mawlana Mawdudi_x000D_ Joshua T. White and Niloufer Siddiqui _x000D_ _x000D_ Part II: Revolutionary Ideologues _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 3: Sayyid Qutb_x000D_ Shahrough Akhavi _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 4: Ali Shari'ati_x000D_ Shahrough Akhavi _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 5: Ayatollah Khomenei_x000D_ Mojtaba Mahdavi _x000D_ _x000D_ Part III: The "Intellectuals" of Political Islam_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 6: Hassan al-Turabi_x000D_ Peter Woodward _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 7: Rashid al-Ghannoushi_x000D_ Azzam Tamimi _x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 8: Yusuf al-Qaradawi _x000D_ Bettina Graf_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 9: Muhammad Khatami_x000D_ Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri_x000D_ _x000D_ Chapter 10: Abdolkarim Soroush_x000D_ Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi_x000D_ _x000D_ Index_x000D_