Religion and Politics: Islam and Muslim Civilisation

Religion and Politics: Islam and Muslim Civilisation
ISBN-10
1317067924
ISBN-13
9781317067924
Series
Religion and Politics
Category
Religion
Pages
493
Language
English
Published
2016-04-15
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Jan-Erik Lane, Hamadi Redissi

Description

Offering a timely new appraisal of the political and social impact of Islam, Religion and Politics will be welcomed by political scientists and historians alike. In this work, Jan-Erik Lane and Hamadi Redissi employ a Weberian approach, underlining the social consequences of religious beliefs, to account for the political differences between the major civilizations of the world against the background of the rise of modern capitalism in the Occidental sphere. Compared with Weber and his emphasis upon economic modernization, the perspective on religion is broadened to encompass post-modernity; particular attention is paid to human rights and the rule of law. This thought-provoking work raises the question of whether the tenets of Islam might be reconciled with the requirements of post-modernity.

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