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Islamic Identity and Development - Softcover

Mehmet, Ozay

 
9780415755405: Islamic Identity and Development
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415755409 ISBN 13: 9780415755405
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Turkey and Malaysia, two countries on the Islamic periphery, are often not included in discussions of Islamic reassertion and identity. Yet both have been at the forefront of modernization and development, and are exposed to a rising trend of Islamic revival which discloses a deep, psychological identity crisis.

In Islamic Identity and Development, Ozay Mehmet examines this identity crisis in the wider context of the Islamic dilemma of reconciling nationalism with Islam. He sees the Islamic revival primarily as a protest movement, concentrated among urban migrant settlements where uneven post-war growth has upset the traditional Islamic order. He argues that Islamic societies must move towards greater openness and an organic relationship between rulers and ruled. In particular, Mehmet suggests the need for a public policy that is not only responsive to material human needs but which also satisfies the ethical preconditions of the Islamic social contract.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415755409
ISBN 13 
9780415755405
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
272