1st Edition

Islam and the Politics of Meaning in Palestinian Nationalism

Edited By Nels Johnson Copyright 1982
128 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

The intention of this book is to explore the relationship between an ideological idiom and the changing social movement in which it operates. The basic question is that of what roles an Islamic symbol complex played in different phases of the Palestinian nationalist movement, and what were the socio-economic factors which help to explain, and are themselves partially explained by, the appearance... Read more

Note on transliteration.  Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  1. Islam and the politics of notables  2. Islam and revolt  3. Islam in contemporary Palestinian nationalism.  Conclusions: Ideological codes and Change.  Bibliography.  Index

Biography

Nels Johnson