Islam after Liberalism

379 Pages·2017·4.79 MB·English

by  Faisal Devji

ISLAM AFTER LIBERALISM

FAISAL DEVJI
ZAHEER KAZMI (Editors)
Islam After Liberalism
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Contributors ix
List of Figures xi
Introduction Faisal Devji and Zaheer Kazmi 1
ORIGINS
1. Arabic Thought in the Liberal Cage Hussein Omar 17
2. Corrupting Politics Nadia Bou Ali 47
3. Illiberal Islam Faisal Devji 65
DEBATES
4. Postcolonial Prophets: Islam in the Liberal Academy Neguin Yavari 91
5. A New Deal Between Mankind and its Gods Abdennour Bidar 105
6. The Dissonant Politics of Religion, Circulation, and Civility in the
Sociology of Islam Armando Salvatore 125
7. Islamic Democracy by Numbers Zaheer Kazmi 149
THE STATE
8. Bourgeois Islam and Muslims without Mosques Carool Kersten 167
9. Islamic Secularism and the Question of Freedom
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam 189
10. Militancy, Monarchy and the Struggle to Desacralise Kingship in
Arabia Ahmed Dailami 203
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CONTENTS
11. Islamotopia: Revival, Reform, and American Exceptionalism
Michael Muhammad Knight 219
RESISTANCE
12. Preliminary Thoughts on Art and Society Sadia Abbas 243
13. The Political Meanings of Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam
Edward E. Curtis IV 263

14. P ost-Islamism as Neoliberalisation Peter Mandaville 281
Notes 299
Index 345
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book has its origins in the ‘Beyond Muslim Liberalism’ workshop held at
St Antony’s College, Oxford in March 2014. In addition to our chapter writ-
ers, we would like to thank the following workshop participants who gave
papers not included in this volume, or acted as discussants and session chairs:
Madawi Al-Rasheed, Mohammed Bamyeh, Alastair Crooke, Michael Freeden,
Kevin Fogg, and Nilufer Gole. The workshop was supported by the Economic
and Social Research Council (ES/J003115/1) and hosted by the Asian
Studies Centre at St Antony’s College, Oxford.
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