Moaddel The Clash of Values

Islamic Fundamentalism Versus Liberal Nationalism
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-55052-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Mansoor Moaddel provides groundbreaking empirical data to demonstrate how the collision between Islamic fundamentalism and liberal nationalism explains the Middle East and North Africa’s present and will determine its future. Offering a rigorous perspective on social change, The Clash of Values disentangles the region’s political complexity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moaddel, Mansoor

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: People and Their Issues
1. Expressive Individualism
2. The Social Status of Women and Gender Equality
3. Secular Politics, Liberal Values, and National Identity
4. Religious Fundamentalism as Disciplinarian Deity, Literalism, Religious Exclusivity, and Religious Intolerance
5. Macro-Contextual (Country) Variation in Religious Fundamentalism and Liberal Values
6. What Makes a Country More Developed: Liberal Values Versus Religious Beliefs
7. The Arab Spring and Trends in Values: Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Turkey
Conclusions: The Viability of Liberal Nationalism
Appendix: The Questionnaire
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mansoor Moaddel is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. His many books include Islamic Modernism, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism: Episode and Discourse (2005) and Values, Political Action, and Change in the Middle East and the Arab Spring (2017).