Toward New Democratic Imaginaries - İstanbul Seminars on Islam, Culture and Politics
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This volume combines rigorous empirical and theoretical analyses with political engagement to look beyond reductive short-hands that ignore the historical evolution and varieties of Islamic doctrine and that deny the complexities of Muslim societies' encounters with modernity itself. Are Islam and democracy compatible? Can we shed the language of 'Islam vs. the West' for new political imaginaries?
The authors analyze struggles over political legitimacy since the Arab Spring and the rise of Al Qaeda and ISIS in their historical and political complexity across the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Distinguishing multiculturalism from interculturalism and understanding multiple modernities, philosophers in the volume tease out the complexities of civilizational encounters. The volume also shows how the Paris massacres or the Danish caricature controversy do not remain confined to Europe but influence struggles and confrontations within Muslim societies. Genderand Islam are addressed from a comparative perspective bringing into conversation not only the experience of different Muslim countries with Islamic law but also by analysing Jewish family law.This volume combines rigorous empirical and theoretical analyses with political engagement to look beyond reductive short-hands that ignore the historical evolution and varieties of Islamic doctrine and that deny the complexities of Muslim societies' encounters with modernity itself. Are Islam and democracy compatible? Can we shed the language of 'Islam vs. the West' for new political imaginaries?
The authors analyze struggles over political legitimacy since the Arab Spring and the rise of Al Qaeda and ISIS in their historical and political complexity across the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Distinguishing multiculturalism from interculturalism and understanding multiple modernities, philosophers in the volume tease out the complexities of civilizational encounters. The volume also shows how the Paris massacres or the Danish caricature controversy do not remain confined to Europe but influence struggles and confrontations within Muslim societies. Gender and Islam are addressed from a comparative perspective bringing into conversation not only the experience of different Muslim countries with Islamic law but also by analysing Jewish family law.Offers highly topical interventions on the Arab Spring and its failure Turkey's Gezi park events and the Tunisian constitutional compromise Includes high-quality papers from a stellar cast of contemporary thinkers, intellectuals and activists from the MENA region Addresses Islam and democracy in the global era Throws much-needed light on gender, culture, religious difference in Islam as well as Judaism Provides philosophical reflection on hermeneutics and the Koran; the epistemology of truth in Islam; Islam and democracy Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Seyla Benhabib
Themen in »Toward New Democratic Imaginaries - İstanbul Seminars on Islam, Culture and Politics«
Al-Qaeda Arab Spring Debates on Gender and Democracy in Iran Democracy and Islam European Politics of Resentment Faith, Culture and Politics Gezi Park Islam and the West Islam, Feminism and Secular Democracy Kurdish Question Political Legitimacy Politics After Al-Qaeda Public Visibility of Islam Religion, Politics and Islam States, Identities and Legitimacy in the Arab World