Book Summary
Long before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Islamic fundamentalism was exerting a significant influence in nearly every corner of the world. Bassam Tibi, a widely recognized expert on Islam and Arab culture, offers an important and disquieting analysis of this particular synthesis of religion and politics. A Muslim and descendant of a famous Damascene Islamic scholar family, Tibi sees Islamic fundamentalism as the result of Islam's confrontation with modernity and not only--as it is widely believed--economic adversity. The movement is unprecedented in Islamic history and parallels the inability of Islamic nation-states to integrate into the new world secular order. For this updated edition, Tibi has written a new preface and lengthy introduction addressing Islamic fundamentalism in light of and since September 11.
Book Details
| Book Name | The Challenge Of Fundamentalism: Political Islam And The New World Disorder, Updated Edition |
| Author | Bassam Tibi |
| Publisher | University Of California Press (Aug 2002) |
| ISBN | 9780520236905 |
| Pages | 293 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1018 |