Buch, Englisch, 398 Seiten
Political Engagement and the Advent of Post-Salafism
Buch, Englisch, 398 Seiten
Reihe: Cambridge Middle East Studies
ISBN: 978-1-009-85596-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
By offering a comparative analysis of Salafi movements in Tunisia, Théo Blanc advances a systematic theory explaining variation in Salafi pathways of political engagement, built around the concepts of subjective and processual opportunities. The book first explores how Salafism developed in the country and crystallised into distinct currents – scholastic, political, and Jihadi – and then examines their respective adaptations to the 2010–11 revolution and evolutions during the democratisation decade (2011–21). This evolution culminated in what Blanc calls a shift towards post-Salafism, defined as a re-hierarchisation of actors' priorities in action. Blanc draws on rich fieldwork material, including interviews with the founding figures of Salafism in Tunisia, leading Salafi clerics and ideologues, and Salafi and Islamist party leaders, alongside original documentary sources. In doing so, Salafism in Tunisia makes a significant contribution to key debates in political science and Islamic studies, including inclusion-moderation, post-Islamism, political opportunity structure, politicisation, and the conceptualisation of both Salafism and Islamism.
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Introduction; 1. Scholastic Salafism and Jihadi Salafism in Tunisia before the revolution; 2. The Tunisian Islamic Front and the genesis of political Salafism in Tunisia; 3. From movement to party: why and how al-Jabha al-Islamiyya became Jabhat al-Islah; 4. The effects of political participation: 'moderation' or 'post-Islamism'?; 5. Scholastic Salafism and Jihadi Salafism in Tunisia after the revolution; 6. Political participation without politicisation: scholastic Salafis and the advent of post-Salafism; Conclusion: a single model of political Salafism?; Appendix; References.
