The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Muslim Socio-Political Thought (Routledge International Handbooks)

This volume unfolds the ebbs and flows of Muslim thought in different regions of the world, as well as the struggles between the different intellectual discourses that have surfaced against this backdrop. With a focus on Turkey, Egypt, Iran and the Indian subcontinent – regions that, in spite of their particular histories and forms of thought, are uniquely placed as a mosaic that illustrates the intertwined nature of the development of Muslim socio-political thought – it sheds light on the swing between right and left in different regions, the debates surrounding nationalism, the influence of socialism and liberalism, the rise of Islamism and the conflict between state bureaucracy and social movements. Exploring themes of civil society and democracy, it also considers current trends in Muslim thought and possible future directions. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the fields of sociology, anthropology, political science, history and political economy, as well as those with interests in the study of religion, the development of Muslim thought, and the transformation of Muslim societies in recent decades. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 10 Foreword 11 List of contributors 13 Editor’s introduction: contemporary thought in Muslim societies – renewal, diversification, and transformation 16 Section I Facing with the modernity 32 1 Turkish modernization as a historical and sociological issue 34 2 Discussions on tradition and civilization in Egypt 47 3 Iranians’ intellectual confrontation with the modern West and modernity 60 4 Debates on Tradition and Modernity on the subcontinent 74 Section II Religion, society, and politics 88 5 The formation and various forms of conservatism in Turkey 90 6 Formation of contemporary Islamic thought in Egypt: new pursuits in Islamic legal and political thought 103 7 Different forms of religious thought in modern Iran 116 8 The voices of Islamic modernism from South Asia 130 Section III Islam in the political sphere 142 9 Rethinking Islamism in Turkey: beyond conservative or modernist rejectionism 144 10 The adventure of Islamism in Egypt: a political system–based analysis 158 11 Islamism and post-Islamism in Iran 171 12 Islam in the Indian subcontinent with particular reference to Pakistan 185 Section IV Making of the nation-state and changing forms of nationalism 198 13 The emergence and progress of nationalism in Turkey: from imperialism to the global age 200 14 Arab nationalism: emergence, development, and regression 214 15 Nationalism in Iran: nation-state, nation-building, and the Iranian identity 227 16 The transition of Islamic thought on nation-states on the Indian subcontinent 242 Section V The rise and demise of socialism 256 17 The adventure of socialism in Turkey 258 18 The left and working-class movement in Egypt: a review using the 2011 uprising lens and thereafter 270 19 The historical trajectory of the left in 20th-century Iran: trends, debates, and groups 285 20 The place of socialism in Muslim thought in South Asia 299 Section VI Liberalism and Muslim liberal thought 316 21 Liberalism in Turkey: an incomplete story 318 22 Liberal thought and politics in Egypt 331 23 Rowshan fekran-e dini [new religious thinkers] and the institution of velayat-e faqih: crossing the Rubicon of Islamic law and venturing into discourses on human rights 344 24 Liberal trends on the contemporary Muslim Indian subcontinent 357 Section VII State, civil society, and democracy 372 25 Reproduction of religious thought in Turkey: major milestones and state-society relations 374 26 Imagining Egypt in postnormal times: the state of war 388 27 The concept of Islamic republic in Iran: before and after the revolution 402 28 Discussions on democracy and Islamic states: a study on the discourses of Mawdudi, Israr Ahmed, and Ghamidi 416 Section VIII Current trends and future directions 430 29 A panoramic view of contemporary Turkish thought: historical developments and current trends 432 30 Contemporary trends in Egyptian intellectual movements 451 31 Mapping the trends in Iranian social, cultural, religious, and political thought from the post-1979 era to the present 465 32 Political economy of Islam and its manifestation in Pakistan: past, present, and future 479 Index 492 With a focus on Egypt, Iran, Turkey and the Indian Subcontinent, this volume explores the development of Muslim socio-political thought, shedding light on the swing between right and left, the influence of socialism, nationalism and liberalism, the rise of Islamism and the conflict between military regimes and proponents of pan-Islamism.