Simon Murden investigates how Muslim societies in the Middle East are being affected by globalized politics and economics and how they are adapting to it. Murden describes how a Western-designed set of economic and political norms; institutions and regimes has come to be a hegemonic system. His focus is on the encounter between the Islamic vision of society; with its emphasis on community and social control; and the Western liberal vision of economic liberation and individual choice. Attempting to make sense of the various political purposes to which Islam is being put in Middle Eastern states; he explores the response of the Islamic world to the penetration of the liberal political agenda. Moving the debate beyond the polarization engendered by the "clash of civilizations" thesis; Murden reveals the complex interactions between Islam and the West that are shaping Middle Eastern politics.
#1195296 in Books 2003-11-03Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.70 x 1.25 x 6.28l; 1.56 #File Name: 1585442798352 pages
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