1st Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Muslim Socio-Political Thought
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.
Editor's Introduction
Contemporary Thought in Muslim Societies: Renewal, Diversification, and Transformation
Lutfi Sunar
Section I: Facing with the Modernity
1. Turkish Modernization as a Historical and Sociological Issue
Mahmut Hakkı Akın
2. Discussions on Tradition and Civilization in Egypt
Gökhan Bozbaş
3. Iranians’ Intellectual Confrontation with the Modern West and Modernity
M. Mansur Hashemi
4. Debates on Tradition and Modernity in the Sub-Continent
Tauseef Ahmad Parray
Section II: Religion, Society and Politics
5. The Formation and Various Forms of Conservatism in Turkey
Mahmut Hakkı Akın
6. Formation of Contemporary Islamic Thought in Egypt: New Pursuits in Islamic Legal andPolitical Thought
Özgür Kavak
7. Different Forms of Religious Thought in Modern Iran
Forough Jahanbakhsh
8. The Voices of Islamic Modernism from South Asia
M. A. Muqtedar Khan and Ibrahim Enes Aksu
Section III: Islam in Political Sphere
9. Rethinking Islamism in Turkey: Beyond Conservative or Modernist Rejectionism
Vahdettin Işık
10. The Adventure of Islamism in Egypt: A Political System-Based Analysis
Muhammed Hüseyin Mercan
11. Islamism and Post-Islamism in Iran
Yadullah Sahibzadeh
12. Islam in the Indian Subcontinent with Particular Reference to Pakistan
Abdul Rashid Moten
Section IV: Making of the Nation State and Changing Forms of Nationalism
13. The Emergence and Progress of Nationalism in Turkey: From Imperialism to the Global Age
Öner Buçukcu
14. Arab Nationalism: Emergence, Development, and Regression
Ismail Numan Telci
15. Nationalism in Iran: Nation-State, Nation Building, and the Iranian Identity
Nail Elhan
16. The Transition of Islamic Thought on Nation States in the Indian Subcontinent
Omair Anas
Section V: The Rise and Demise of Socialism
17. The Adventure of Socialism in Turkey
Öner Buçukcu
18. The Left and Working-Class Movement in Egypt – A Review Using the 2011 Uprising Lens and Thereafter
Heba F. El-Shazli
19. The Historical Trajectory of the Left in 20th-Century Iran: Trends, Debates, and Groups
Agah Hazir
20. The Place of Socialism in Muslim Thought in South Asia
Muhammad Reza Kazimi
Section VI: Liberalism and Muslim Liberal Thought
21. Liberalism in Turkey: An Incomplete Story
Hamit Emrah Beriş
22. Liberal Thought and Politics in Egypt
M. Tahir Kılavuz
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
Janet Afary
24. Liberal Trends in the Contemporary Muslim Indian Subcontinent
S. M. Mehboobul Hassan Bukhari
Section VII: State, Civil Society and Democracy
25. Reproduction of Religious Thought in Turkey: Major Milestones and State-Society Relations
Necdet Subaşı
26. Imagining Egypt in Postnormal Times: The State of War
Heba Raouf Ezzat
27. The Concept of Islamic Republic in Iran: Before and After the Revolution
Serhan Afacan
28. Discussions on Democracy and Islamic States: A Study on the Discourses of Mawdudi, Israr Ahmed, and Ghamidi
M. Faisal Awan
Section VIII: Current Trends and Future Directions
29. A Panoramic View of Contemporary Turkish Thought: Historical Developments and Current Trends
Lutfi Sunar
30. Contemporary Trends in Egyptian Intellectual Movements
Muhammed Suleyman Alzawawy
31. Mapping the Trends in Iranian Social, Cultural, Religious, and Political Thought from the Post-1979 Era to the Present
Peyman Eshaghi
32. Political Economy of Islam and Its Manifestation in Pakistan: Past, Present, and Future
Ahsan Shafiq
Biography
Lutfi Sunar is Professor of Sociology at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey. He is the author of Marx and Weber on Oriental Societies, the co-editor of Eurocentrism at the Margins and Social Justice and Islamic Economics, and the editor of Debates on Civilization in the Muslim World.
