Political Muslims

Understanding Youth Resistance in a Global Context
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8156-3565-9
Verlag: Syracuse University Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 691 g

Reihe: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East

In the last few decades, the media, academics, and the general public have put considerable focus on Muslim culture and politics around the world. Specifically, the rising population of young Muslims has generated concerns about religious radicalism, Islamism, and conflicts in multicultural societies. However, few studies have been devoted to how a new generation of Muslims is reshaping society in positive ways. In Political Muslims, Abbas and Hamid provide a new perspective on Muslim youth, presenting them as agents of creative social change and as active participants in cultural and community organizations where resistance leads to negotiated change.

In a series of case studies that cross the globe, contributors capture the experiences of being young and Muslim in ten countries?the United States, Canada, Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, and Indonesia. They examine urban youth from various socioeconomic backgrounds, addressing issues that range from hybrid identities and student activism to the strategic use of music and social media. With diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches, Political Muslims gives readers a nuanced and authentic understanding of the everyday social, economic, and political realities of young people.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamid, Sadek

Abbas, Tahir

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Tahir Abbas is a visiting senior fellow in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Contemporary Turkey in Conflict: Ethnicity, Islam, and Politics.

Sadek Hamid is a senior research assistant at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He is the author of Sufis, Salafis, and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism.