Awakening Islam : the politics of religious dissent in contemporary Saudi Arabia /

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Amidst the roil of war and instability across the Middle East, the West is still searching for ways to understand the Islamic world. Stéphane Lacroix has now given us a penetrating look at the political dynamics of Saudi Arabia, one of the most opaque of Muslim countries and the place that gave bir...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lacroix, Stéphane, 1978- (Author)
Other Authors: Holoch, George
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Since 1932
Religion and politics > Saudi Arabia.
Islamic fundamentalism > Saudi Arabia.
Islam and state > Saudi Arabia.
Religion et politique > Arabie saoudite.
Intégrisme islamique > Arabie saoudite.
Islam et État > Arabie saoudite.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > General.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Islam and state
Islamic fundamentalism
Religion and politics
Fundamentalismus
Islam
Islam och politik > Saudiarabien.
Islam och staten > Saudiarabien.
Saudi Arabia > History > 1932-
Arabie saoudite > Histoire > 1932-
Saudi Arabia
Saudi-Arabien
History
Electronic resource.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Islamism in a fragmented society
  • The development of the sahwa
  • Resistance to sahwa ascendancy
  • A sacrificed generation
  • The logic of the insurrection
  • Anatomy of a failure
  • The Islamists after the insurrection
  • Conclusion: the lessons of the insurrection.

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