Islamism And Secularism In North Africa (islamism & Secularism In North Africa)

This book provides an excellent handbook to the Islamic movements in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya and fills a major gap in the scholarship on Islam and the Arab West. A Remarkable Drama Is Unfolding In The Countries Of North Africa (the Maghrib) As Militant Islamic Movements Challenge The Existing Political Order. Amid Disenchantment At The Failure Of National Leaders To Resolve Social And Economic Problems, The Region Has Been Rocked By Demands For More Representative And Responsive Political Systems, And Islamic Movements Have Won The Upper Hand In The Battle For Grassroots Support. In Islamism And Secularism In North Africa, Leading Scholars From The United States, Europe, And North Africa Explore The Islamic Challenge. Drawing On The Disciplines Of Political Science, History, Sociology, And Anthropology, The Contributors Examine The Relations Between Religion, The State, And Political Opposition Movements In North Africa. Although The Contributors Show That The Islamic Revival Has Been Energized By The Acute Current Problems Of Corruption, Political Exclusion, And Pauperization, They Also Argue That Its Roots Can Be Found In North African History, And That The Islamist-secularist Divide Reflects Deep Intellectual, Political, And Social Differences That Are Not Likely To Disappear.--jacket. Introduction / John Ruedy -- Islam And State Expansion In Algeria : Nineteenth-century Saharan Frontiers / Donald C. Holsinger -- The Masses Look Ardently To Istanbul : Tunisia, Islam, And The Ottoman Empire, 1837-1931 / Kenenth J. Perkins -- A Rereading Of Islamic Texts In The Maghrib In The Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries : Secular Themes Or Religious Reformism? / Khalifa Chater -- Salafis And Modernists In The Moroccan Nationalist Movement / Mohamed El Mansour -- Continuities And Discontinuities In The Algerian Confrontation With Europe / John Ruedy -- The Political And The Religious In The Modern History Of The Maghrib / Abdelbaki Hermassi -- Islamism And Islamists : The Emergence Of New Types Of Politico-religious Militants / Severine Labat -- Doctrinaire Economics And Political Opportunism In The Strategy Of Algerian Islamism / Hugh Roberts -- The Al-nahda Movement In Tunisia : From Renaissance To Revolution / Michael Collins Dunn -- Secularism And Nationalism : The Political Discourse Of 'abd Al-salam Yassin / Emad Eldin Shahin -- Militant Islam And Its Critics : The Case Of Libya / Marius K. Deeb -- The Challenge Of Democratic Alternatives In The Maghrib / I. William Zartman -- Islam, Democracy, And The State : The Reemergence Of Authoritarian Politics In Algeria / John P. Entelis -- Re-imagining Religion And Politics : Moroccan Elections In The 1990s / Dale F. Eickelman -- Islam And The State In Algeria And Morocco : A Dialectical Model / Mary-jane Deeb. Edited By John Ruedy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Islam and State Expansion in Algeria: Nineteenth-Century Saharan Frontiers....Pages 3-21 “The Masses Look Ardently to Istanbul”: Tunisia, Islam, and the Ottoman Empire, 1837–1931....Pages 23-36 A Rereading of Islamic Texts in the Maghrib in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Secular Themes or Religious Reformism?....Pages 37-51 Salafis and Modernists in the Moroccan Nationalist Movement....Pages 53-71 Continuities and Discontinuities in the Algerian Confrontation with Europe....Pages 73-85 The Political and the Religious in the Modern History of the Maghrib....Pages 87-99 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Islamism and Islamists: The Emergence of New Types of Politico-Religious Militants....Pages 103-121 Doctrinaire Economics and Political Opportunism in the Strategy of Algerian Islamism....Pages 123-147 The Al-Nahda Movement in Tunisia: From Renaissance to Revolution....Pages 149-165 Secularism and Nationalism: The Political Discourse of ‘Abd al-Salam Yassin....Pages 167-186 Militant Islam and Its Critics: The Case of Libya....Pages 187-197 Front Matter....Pages 199-199 The Challenge of Democratic Alternatives in the Maghrib....Pages 201-218 Islam, Democracy, and the State: The Reemergence of Authoritarian Politics in Algeria....Pages 219-251 Re-Imagining Religion and Politics: Moroccan Elections in the 1990s....Pages 253-273 Islam and the State in Algeria and Morocco: A Dialectical Model....Pages 275-287 Back Matter....Pages 289-298