Islam and Democracy After the Arab Spring
- ISBN-10
- 0190263792
- ISBN-13
- 9780190263799
- Category
- Arab Spring, 2010-
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Authors
- John Obert Voll, Tamara Sonn, John L. Esposito
Description
This title examines the recent Arab uprisings and the democratic process in the Muslim world, while also analysing the larger relationship between religion and politics. The text applies a 21st-century perspective to the question of whether or not Islam is 'compatible' with democracy by redirecting the conversation toward a new politics of democracy that transcends both secular authoritarianism and Political Islam.
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