1st Edition
The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism A Study in Islamic Political Thought
Introduction
PART I
1 Approaching Islamism
2 Modernity and Tradition: Discursive Genealogies
3 Globalisation and Transmodernity
PART II
4 The Discourse of Hasan al-Banna: A Territorial Trajectory
5 The Discourse of Sayyid Qutb: A Transitional Trajectory
6 The Discourse of Osama bin Laden: A Transterritorial Trajectory
Conclusion
Biography
Andrea Mura is a Lecturer in Comparative Political Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. He has published widely in the fields of political philosophy, psychoanalysis and comparative political thought, with attention to areas of contemporary applied relevance such as citizenship, migration, borders and the role of religion and global capitalism in contemporary Europe and the Middle East.
‘Amidst the frenzy of scholarship and commentary on contemporary Islamism, Andrea Mura’s The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism distinguishes itself by offering a deeply insightful exploration of Islamism understood as political thought and as the basis of political identity. Undoubtedly one of the most original treatments of the subject to appear in recent years.’ – Peter Mandaville, George Mason University, USA
‘The strength of the book lies in bringing complexity, nuance and an appreciation of historical difference to that over-loaded, over-simplified and now sadly ubiquitous term "Islamism". His individual approach to three distinct figures within that bloated term is long overdue amongst Western theorists.’ – Ian Almond, Georgetown University, Qatar
