MUTED MODERNISTS: THE STRUGGLE OVER DIVINE POLITICS IN SAUDI ARABIA

Al-Rasheed, Madawi

ISBN 10: 1849045860 / ISBN 13: 9781849045865

Published by Hurst & Company, London, 2015

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199pp.

Seller Inventory # 107692

Bibliographic Details

• Title: MUTED MODERNISTS: THE STRUGGLE OVER DIVINE POLITICS IN SAUDI ARABIA
• Publisher: Hurst & Company, London
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849045860
• ISBN 13: 9781849045865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Middle East

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Synopsis

Analysis of both official and opposition Saudi divine politics is often monolithic, conjuring images of conservatism, radicalism, misogyny and resistance to democracy. Madawi Al-Rasheed challenges this stereotype as she examines a long tradition of engaging with modernism that gathered momentum with the Arab uprisings and incurred the wrath of both the regime and its Wahhabi supporters. With this nascent modernism, constructions of new divine politics, anchored in a rigorous reinterpretation of foundational Islamic texts and civil society activism are emerging in a context where authoritarian rule prefers its advocates to remain muted. The author challenges scholarly wisdom on Islamism in general and blurs the boundaries between secular and religious politics.

About the Author

Madawi Al-Rasheed is Visiting Professor at the Middle East Centre at LSE and Research Fellow at the Open Society Foundation. She was Professor of Anthropology of Religion at King's College, London between 1994 and 2013. Previously, she was Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford