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Face to Face With Political Islam »

Authors: Francois Burgat, Franois Burgat
ISBN-13: 9781860642135, ISBN-10: 1860642136
Format: Paperback
Publisher: I. B.Tauris & Company, Limited
Date Published: February 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Francois Burgat

François Burgat is Researcher at the CNRS in Paris.

Book Synopsis

The portrayal of Islamist movements as a tide of religious fanaticism threatening the West and major players in the coming ‘clash of civilizations,’ has provoked a multifaceted debate of great significance to the future of international relations. In his latest intervention in this debate, François Burgat argues that political Islam’s desire to restore a culture distorted by colonization does not necessarily compromise its progress to more democracy and greater tolerance. Among the burning issues addressed are the relationship between Islam and modernity, Islamism and women and the question of violence.

	Glossary of Acronyms
	Author's Acknowledgments
	Foreword to the 2002 Edition
	Introduction	1
1	Arabs - from 'Fellaghas' to 'Fundamentalists'	10
2	From Nationalism to Islamism	24
3	From the Secular Break to the Reconstruction of Identity	43
4	From one Islamism to Another: Islamism between Reaction and Action	59
5	Revolutionary Violence and Unofficial Violence	73
6	Egypt: 'Anti-Copt Islamism'	81
7	Egypt: The Spiral of Violence	91
8	Algeria: Islamism Against the Intellectuals?	102
9	Gaza: The Islamists 'Against Peace'	117
10	Allah or the People? Islamists and Democracy	122
11	Islamism and Women	140
12	From Imported to Imposed Modernity	152
	Conclusion: Islamism Today	165
	Notes on the Text	186
	Index	223