Islam

Andrew F. March

Chapter 11 in Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought, 2024, pp 121-133 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The study of modern Islamic political thought has undergone a revolution over the past two decades. What was once a small field focusing on the so-called “Islamic revival” and a few well-known figures has exploded into a number of critical academic debates across a number of fields and disciplines. This chapter surveys three of the most important debates, in this author’s opinion: whether “political Islam” is an entirely modern ideology and phenomenon or owes something to the Islamic past or something inherent in Islam; whether the idea of an “Islamic state” is a contradiction in terms; and, finally, how to think about the place of popular sovereignty and democracy in modern Islamic thought.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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