Political Islam, world politics and Europe : from jihadist to institutional Islamism /

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Author / Creator:Tibi, Bassam.
Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2014.
Description:xxv, 367 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10091595
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ISBN:9780415730488
9780415437806 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415437806 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415730481 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781315818269 (e-book : alk. paper)
1315818264 (e-book : alk. paper)
9780415730471
0415730473
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-344) and index.
Summary:The new and updated edition of Political Islam, World Politics and Europe focusses on the shift within political Islam, in light of 9/11 and the events of the Arab Spring, from a jihadist struggle, to institutional Islamism. Refuting what has often been referred to by commentators as the 'moderation,' of Islamism, the second edition of this book introduces the concept of 'institutional,' Islamism, a process which Tibi argues was accelerated in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Both jihadist and institutional Islamism pursue the same goal of an Islamist state, but disagr.