Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-431) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Sociological theories of ideology and cultural change -- Social transformation and the origins of Islamic modernism -- Historical discontinuity and international transfer of meaning -- Europocentric rationalism and Islamic modernism in India -- The French Enlightenment and Islamic modernism in Egypt -- Iran: the bastion of traditionalism and conservative reaction -- Egypt: the rise of liberalism and territorial nationalism -- Syria: from liberal Arabism to pan-Arab nationalism -- Iran: from constitutional and anticlerical secularism to economic nationalism -- The rise of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt: from moderate to revolutionary activism -- Ba'athist socialism and militant reformist fundamentalism in Syria -- Iran: monarchy-centered nationalist discourse and the origins of clergy-centered revolutionary Shi'ism -- Algeria: the socialist turn and radical Islamism -- Jordanian exceptionalism: the alliance between the state and the Muslim Brothers -- Conclusion: episode and discourse: ideology, target, and practice in the Islamic world.
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