Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State Power

by Vali Nasr

Book Overview

Islamization is commonly seen as the work of Islamist movements who have forced their ideology on ruling regimes and other hapless social actors. There is little doubt that ruling regimes and disparate social and political actors alike are pushed in the direction of Islamic politics by Islamist forces. However, Islamist activism and its revolutionary and utopian rhetoric only partly explain this trend. Here, Nasr argues that the state itself plays...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195144260
• ISBN13: 9780195144260
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 9.9"