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| 020 | _a9780691144900 (hbk. : alk. paper) | ||
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_aCook, Michael, _d1940- _910315 |
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_aAncient religions, modern politics : _bthe Islamic case in comparative perspective _cMichael Cook. |
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_aPrinceton _bPrinceton University Press _c2014 |
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_axx, 541 pages ; _c24 cm |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 469-515) and index. | ||
| 520 | _a"Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? If so, what is it? Ancient Religions, Modern Politics seeks to answer these questions by examining the roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity in modern political life, placing special emphasis on the relevance--or irrelevance--of their heritages to today's social and political concerns. Michael Cook takes an in-depth, comparative look at political identity, social values, attitudes to warfare, views about the role of religion in various cultural domains, and conceptions of the polity. In all these fields he finds that the Islamic heritage offers richer resources for those engaged in current politics than either the Hindu or the Christian heritages. He uses this finding to explain the fact that, despite the existence of Hindu and Christian counterparts to some aspects of Islamism, the phenomenon as a whole is unique in the world today. The book also shows that fundamentalism--in the sense of a determination to return to the original sources of the religion--is politically more adaptive for Muslims than it is for Hindus or Christians.A sweeping comparative analysis by one of the world's leading scholars of premodern Islam, Ancient Religions, Modern Politics sheds important light on the relationship between the foundational texts of these three great religious traditions and the politics of their followers today"-- | ||
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_aIslam and politics. _923401 |
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_aChristianity and politics. _9128567 |
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_aHinduism and politics. _9128568 |
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_aIslamic fundamentalism _xPolitical aspects. _9128569 |
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_aReligious fundamentalism _xPolitical aspects. _9128570 |
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_aRELIGION / Comparative Religion. _2bisacsh _9128571 |
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_aRELIGION / Islam / History. _2bisacsh _9127175 |
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_aRELIGION / Religion, Politics & State. _2bisacsh _9128572 |
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_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies. _2bisacsh _977655 |
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_aRELIGION / Christianity / General. _2bisacsh _9128573 |
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_aRELIGION / Hinduism / General. _2bisacsh _9128574 |
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