Butterworth, Charles E. & I. William Zartman (eds.) — Between the State and Islam.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001. Paperback. 272 pp. (Woodrow Wilson Center Press). As new. Remainder mark. English text. Condition : as new. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - Heretofore, the study of the Middle East has focused almost exclusively on Islam and on the regime, especially on its nondemocratic aspects. It has done so at the expense of accounting fully for the forces of skepticism, liberty, and creativity that struggle against Islamic conformism and state hegemony. This volume examines how Middle Eastern peoples in the 19th and 20th centuries lived and flourished while trying to shape their political and religious surroundings outside the formal structures of established religion and the state. ISBN 9780521789721.