The Failure of Political Islam (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780674291416)

Olivier Roy demonstrates that the Islamic Fundamentalism of today is still the Third Worldism of the 1960s: populist politics and mixed economies of laissez-faire for the rich and subsidies for the poor. In Roy's striking formulation, those marching today beneath Islam's green banners are the same as the "reds" of yesterday, with similarly dim prospects of success. Richly informed, powerfully argued, and clearly written, this is a book that no one trying to understand Islam can afford to overlook.

Author: Olivier Roy
ISBN-10: 0674291417
ISBN-13: 9780674291416
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/19/1998
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.89h x 5.93w x 0.58d