The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and CounterDiscourses,New

The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and CounterDiscourses,New

In Stock
SKU: DADAX023112581X
Brand: Columbia University Press
Condition: New
$25.30
Quantity
Add to wishlist
Add to compare
Sold by Ergodebooks, an authorized reseller.

Processing time: 1-3 days

US Orders Ships in: 3-5 days

International Orders Ships in: 8-12 days

Return Policy: 15-days return on defective items

Payment Option
Payment Methods

Help

If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, withing 24 hours on weekdays.

Customer service

All questions about your order, return and delivery must be sent to our customer service team by e-mail at yourstore@yourdomain.com

Sale & Press

If you are interested in selling our products, need more information about our brand or wish to make a collaboration, please contact us at press@yourdomain.com

How to be a 'democrat' and a 'Muslim' at the same time is the subject of ongoing contests. This book maps out the variety of voices contesting 'Islam' and 'democracy' in the Arab world, insisting that neither category can be taken as unitary or fixed.In the Arab Middle East, the contest is over 'which', 'whose', and 'how much' democracy takes place within an existing contest over 'which', 'whose', and 'how much' Islam must be given preeminence in the political and cultural sphere. There is a 'Democracy' and there are 'democracies.' There is an 'Islam' and there are 'islams.'Larbi Sadiki deploys the conceptual tools of contemporary Western political philosophy and theory to articulate and defend some provocative theses. The book challenges Eurocentric conceptions of democracy that alltoofrequently display a lack of concern for specificity and context; analyzes and interrogates Orientalist and Occidentalist discourses on democracy; and considers some of the justifications for democracy in the global arena, giving space for selfrepresentation by women and Islamists, among others. Using interviews with Muslims from every social and economic stratum, the book shows how Arabs themselves understand, imagine, and view democracy.

⚠️ WARNING (California Proposition 65):

This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.

For more information, please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

Recently Viewed