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Muted Modernists: The Struggle Over Divine Politics in Saudi Arabia

Muted Modernists: The Struggle Over Divine Politics in Saudi Arabia

Al-Rasheed, Madawi

Hardcover

IslamGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0190496029
ISBN13: 9780190496029
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 1 2016
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Analysis of both official and opposition Saudi divine politics is often monolithic, conjuring images of conservatism, radicalism, misogyny and resistance to democracy. Madawi Al-Rasheed challenges this stereotype as she examines a long tradition of engaging with modernism that gathered momentum with the Arab uprisings and incurred the wrath of both the regime and its Wahhabi supporters. With this nascent modernism, constructions of new divine politics, anchored in a rigorous reinterpretation of foundational Islamic texts and civil society activism are emerging in a context where authoritarian rule prefers its advocates to remain muted. The author challenges scholarly wisdom on Islamism in general and blurs the boundaries between secular and religious politics.

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