1st Edition
The Cairo School of an Islamic Civilizational Paradigm in International Relations The Building Process
Chapter 1. An Islamic Civilizational Paradigm in IR: The Building Process and the Characteristics of the Paradigm
Nadia Mahmoud Mostafa
Chapter 2. The Cairo School of an Islamic Civilizational Paradigm: From the Foundational Experience to Activation and Operationalization
Marwa Abdel Samei Fekry
Chapter 3. The State of the Art: Moving beyond Positivism and Challenges to the Civilizational Approach in IR
Amira Abou Samra
Chapter 4. Arab and Muslim Studies in IR Theory: A Mapping from the Perspective of the Cairo School of an Islamic Civilizational Paradigm
Amira Abou Samra
Chapter 5. Concepts in IR: A Comparative Approach
Samah AbdelSabour Abdelhaey
Biography
Nadia Mahmoud Mostafa is Professor of Political Science at Cairo University and was former Head of the Department of Political Science and Head of the Civilization Center for Studies and Research.
Amira Abou Samra is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.
“This modestly presented book has profound implications. Islam becomes not an object of enquiry for conventional IR, but an alternative, transformative way of knowing world politics. This is essential reading for everyone with a serious interest in global scholarship.”
Jan Aart Scholte, Professor and Chair, Global Transformations and Governance Challenges Institute of Political Science & Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University, Netherlands
