Translator’s Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Rached Ghannouchi ◽  
Rached Ghannouchi ◽  
Rached Ghannouchi ◽  
Rached Ghannouchi ◽  
Rached Ghannouchi
Keyword(s):  
Political Islam ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Scholarly Literature

This introductory chapter provides some historical and political context underlining the volume's writings. It first discusses the importance of Rached Ghannouchi's works and their relevancy during a politically charged period of “Islamophobia.” The chapter then explains the meaning of “political Islam” and sets it apart from other terms, such as “Islamism.” It also discusses the eminent French scholar of political Islam, François Burgat. The chapter explores Burgat's work; his relationship with the author, Rached Ghannouchi; and how his works appear throughout Ghannouchi's writings in this volume. Finally, this chapter reviews some recent scholarly literature which shed further light on political Islam, before providing some additional remarks on the translation of this volume.

Uncharted Territory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney Freer
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Political Islam ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Detailed Explanation ◽  
Rentier States ◽  
The Way

This introductory chapter outlines where and how this book contributes original research to the existing scholarship on politics of rentier states in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the academic work on political Islam through a brief literature review. This book will demonstrate that political Islam serves as a prominent voice critiquing social policies, as well as promoting more strictly political, and often populist or reformist, views supported by a great many Gulf citizens. As laid out in this chapter, this book demonstrates that the way that Islamist organizations operate in the unique environment of the super-rentiers is distinct. It also presents information about the methodology and sources used, as well as a detailed explanation for the use of country cases chosen. The chapter closes by describing the format of the book.

scholarly journals PASANG SURUT DAN FRAGMENTASI POLITIK ISLAM DI INDONESIA

Dialog ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-43
Author(s):  
Miftahussurur Miftahussurur
Keyword(s):  
Social Economy ◽  
Political Islam ◽  
Political Context ◽  
The Political ◽  
Real Problem ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
The Real ◽  
Basic Need

This descriptive­analytics article is aimed to trace­back the dynamics and fragmentation of political Islam in Indonesia. It focuses on relation between the dynamics of political Islam and its historical process and its social-political context. After reformation era, the power of political Islam in Indonesia has been getting highly and more fragmented. Rather, the fragmentation was seemingly caused by interest of elites than ideology dispute. It was the reason why the power of political Islam has been never unified, even to boost the people’s interest. The political Islam tended to struggle enforcing God’s law (syariah) rather than solving the real problem such as economy and basic need of society or ummah. In the fact, enforcing the Syariah law was merely artificial one. Finally, the political Islam always fails in transforming social, economy and politics due to its elitism.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Stanley ◽  
Jonathan Bell
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Political History ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Liberal Politics ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
The Right

This introductory chapter considers the challenges, setbacks, and accomplishments of American liberal reformers in the twentieth century. Covering themes such as gender, class, labor, race, urban development, and underlying ideology, ten experts in their given fields have identified ways in which liberal politics has helped shape the nation's political landscape over the last half century. American political history cannot be labeled uniformly as conservative or liberal. Rather, there are conservative moments and liberal moments. Throughout them, reform is possible if given the right leadership and political context. Particular attention is given to the importance of grassroots coalition efforts to the functioning of “high politics” and policy making.

Islamist Pluralism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avi Max Spiegel
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Political Sociology ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Political Islam ◽  
Narrative Style ◽  
Movement Theory ◽  
Shed Light

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the book's main themes. The book attempts to unlock the incipient industry of Islamism. This is, at its core, a work of political sociology, informed, most of all, by scholarship in social movement theory, comparative politics, and the sociology of religion. To make the material accessible to a wide variety of readers, the author has aimed to write in a lucid, narrative style. In his nearly four years in Morocco, he witnessed firsthand the development of political Islam in one place. But these experiences also shed light on what is happening in other parts of the Arab world.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Bell ◽  
Wang Pei
Keyword(s):  
Political Context ◽  
Complex Organizations ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Universal Application

This introductory chapter argues for the need for hierarchy. It is also important to think about which forms of hierarchy are justified and how they can be made compatible with egalitarian goals. The chapter first defines what is meant by hierarchy and traces the history of social hierarchies, considering in particular the forms of “traditional” hierarchy often deemed unjust and how they can be improved upon or otherwise made to serve egalitarian goals. Next, the chapter argues that combating all forms of hierarchy is neither possible nor desirable. Complex organizations and societies need some form of hierarchy and will outcompete and outlast those that seek to abolish all forms of hierarchy. As such, the chapter makes a brief defense of hierarchy through five different contexts. Lastly, it situates this volume's study within a Chinese political context, but with aspirations for universal application.

1. Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Costigan ◽  
Richard Stone
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Political Context ◽  
European Convention ◽  
The Political ◽  
International Context ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Uk

Course-focused and comprehensive, the Textbook on series provide an accessible overview of the key areas on the law curriculum. This introductory chapter provides an overview of the main themes covered in the present volume. It first considers the political context in which the discussion of the law is to take place. It then discusses human rights and civil liberties; the meaning of rights; protection of rights and liberties within the UK Constitution; the international context of the monitoring of human rights; and the European Convention on Human Rights.

scholarly journals Christopher Isherwood's "Right" and "Wrong" Anti-Semitism: A Political Reading

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc Gámez Toro
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
National Socialism ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Anti Semitism ◽  
Main Target

There are numerous references to Christopher Isherwood’s prejudices against Jews in scholarly literature; however, this subject has not yet been approached in depth. This study aims to fill that void by dissecting the author’s bias against Jews: its origin and nature. The article discusses the references to Jews in the writer’s novels, memoirs and diaries within the frame of reference of Tajfel and Turner’s social identity theory which holds that humans innately derogate those who are perceived as being opposed. A close reading reveals that Isherwood, in a specific social and political context, considered Jews alien to him and —in accordance with social identity theory predictions— he instinctually derogated them. Before his stay in Berlin, Judaism did not interest him and he disliked Jews because he regarded them as ‘exotic’. During the rise and rule of Nazism, the writer felt compelled to support Jews —although reticently— because they had become the main target of persecution of national socialism. Later, once in America, Isherwood distinguished between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ anti-Semitism and stated that Jewish politics were whining and belligerent. Even though he had Jewish friends, his diaries show a persistent instinctual dislike of Jews. Ironically, the anti-prejudice fighter could not help having his own prejudices.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elana Levine
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
First Century ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Feminine Identity ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
Twenty First Century

This introductory chapter briefly tackles the broad scope of scholarly literature on feminized popular culture, and also provides an overview of this area in the twenty-first century. Its focus is on forms of early-twenty-first-century popular culture that are strongly associated with femininity—the social and economic forces that create such culture, the ways these cultural products speak to and about feminine identity, and the ways that audiences, readers, and users engage with and experience this culture. In addition, the chapter details in brief the influences, both current and historic, which inform the central themes of this volume, as well as the aims and specific lines of inquiry that this volume seeks to pursue.

scholarly journals Transnational Political Islam

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-108
Author(s):  
Anas Malik
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Political Islam ◽  
Police Work ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The West ◽  
Van Gogh ◽  
Scholarly Literature

Amid the escalating conflicts and polarizations separating “Muslim” from“Westerner,” the book under review is a helpful contribution to the academicand policy literature. Prominent anti-immigrant right-wing movements,such as those led by Pim Fortyn (the Netherlands) and Jean-Marie Le Pen(France), have seen their perspectives enter and influence mainstream politics.Recently, Dutch movie director Theo van Gogh was murdered by aMuslim on the grounds that he had demeaned Islam. Demonstrations againstthe brutal murder and attacks on Muslim institutions followed. The alreadyoverheatedclimate of antagonism has risen by several degrees. These developmentsare echoed in other clashes in Europe revolving around identitypolitics, such as the hijab issue in France.Western states are coping with the dual demands posed by integrationand police work: seeking to integrate Muslims into European and Americansocieties while simultaneously pursuing terrorist cells and networks. AzzaKaram’s edited volume considers such questions as the relationshipbetween political Islam and violence, distinguishing extremism from moderateIslam (often presumed to be “mainstream” Islam), and how Muslimsin the West relate to these. Karam’s volume includes articles coveringFrance, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands (all described as non-Englishspeaking countries with less English scholarly literature on these topics) ...

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. García
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
School Segregation ◽  
Community Resistance ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Racial Hierarchy ◽  
Original Analysis

This introductory chapter establishes the setting of the study at Oxnard, California, whose educational past lends itself to original analysis of schooling discrimination and contributes to national discussions of racism, segregation, civil rights, community resistance, and educational policy. It reveals four strategies of segregation that complicate previous narratives: establishing a racial hierarchy, building a permanent link between residential and school segregation, utilizing a school-within-a-school model of racial separation, and omitting a rationale for segregation. Furthermore, the chapter links Oxnard's narrative with that of prevailing scholarly literature on labor and housing and draws parallels between Mexican American and African American struggles in both the housing and educational sectors.

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