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Islam

In: Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought

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  • Andrew F. March

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The study of modern Islamic political thought has undergone a revolution over the past two decades. What was once a small field focusing on the so-called “Islamic revival” and a few well-known figures has exploded into a number of critical academic debates across a number of fields and disciplines. This chapter surveys three of the most important debates, in this author’s opinion: whether “political Islam” is an entirely modern ideology and phenomenon or owes something to the Islamic past or something inherent in Islam; whether the idea of an “Islamic state” is a contradiction in terms; and, finally, how to think about the place of popular sovereignty and democracy in modern Islamic thought.

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  • Andrew F. March, 2024. "Islam," Chapters, in: Cary J. Nederman & Guillaume Bogiaris (ed.), Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought, chapter 11, pages 121-133, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20103_11
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