Between the State and Islam (Woodrow Wilson Center Press) - Softcover

 
9780521789721: Between the State and Islam (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

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Heretofore, the study of the Middle East has focused almost exclusively on Islam and on the regime, especially on its nondemocratic aspects. It has done so at the expense of accounting fully for the forces of skepticism, liberty, and creativity that struggle against Islamic conformism and state hegemony. This volume examines how Middle Eastern peoples in the 19th and 20th centuries lived and flourished while trying to shape their political and religious surroundings outside the formal structures of established religion and the state.

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ISBN 10:  0521783526 ISBN 13:  9780521783521
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001
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