Islam, Democracy, and Cosmopolitanism: At Home and in the World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107053977)

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 Mernissi, Talal Asad, Saba Mahmood, and Aziz Al-Azmeh, this book explores the debate on Islam, democracy, and modernity, contextualized within contemporary Muslim lifeworlds. These include contemporary Turkey (following the 9/11 attacks and the onset of war in Afghanistan), multicultural France (2009-10 French burqa debate), Egypt (the 2011 Tahrir Square mass mobilizations), and India. Ali Mirsepassi and Tadd Ferneé critique particular counterproductive ideological conceptualizations, voicing an emerging global ethic of reconciliation. Rejecting the polarized conceptual ideals of the universal or the authentic, the authors critically reassess notions of the secular, the cosmopolitan, and democracy. Raising questions that cut across the disciplines of history, anthropology, sociology, and law, this study articulates a democratic politics of everyday life in modern Islamic societies.

Author: Ali Mirsepassi,Tadd Graham Fernée
ISBN-10: 1107053978
ISBN-13: 9781107053977
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/24/2014
Pages: 234
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2015 pg. 1225