On Salafism concepts and contexts

On Salafism offers a compelling new understanding of this phenomenon, both its development and contemporary manifestations. Salafism became associated with fundamentalism when the 9/11 Commission used it to explain the terror attacks and has since been connected with the violence of the so-called Is...

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1. Verfasser: Bišāra, ʿAzmī (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, California Stanford University Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
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Zusammenfassung:On Salafism offers a compelling new understanding of this phenomenon, both its development and contemporary manifestations. Salafism became associated with fundamentalism when the 9/11 Commission used it to explain the terror attacks and has since been connected with the violence of the so-called Islamic State. With this book, Azmi Bishara critically deconstructs claims of continuity between early Islam and modern militancy and makes a counter argument: Salafism is a wholly modern construct informed by specific sociopolitical contexts. Bishara offers a sophisticated account of various movements--such as Wahabbism and Hanbalism--frequently collapsed into simplistic understandings of Salafism. He distinguishes reformist from regressive Salafism, and examines patterns of modernization in the development of contemporary Islamic political movements and associations. In deconstructing the assumptions of linear continuity between traditional and contemporary movements, Bishara details various divergences in both doctrine and context of modern "Salafisms" plural. On Salafism is a crucial read for those interested in Islamism, jihadism, and Middle East politics and history.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 197-210
Transkriptionsvariante: Fi 'l-iǧāba ʿan suʾāl: mā as-Salafīya?
Beschreibung:x, 228 Seiten
ISBN:9781503630352
978-1-5036-3035-2
9781503631786
978-1-5036-3178-6