“…"Presents a tour of Islam and its peoples as it follows author's anthropological expedition to the three major regions of the Muslim world--the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The other Islam : who are the Shia? -- The making of Shia politics -- The fading promise of nationalism -- Khomeini's moment -- The battle of Islamic fundamentalisms -- The tide turns -- Iraq : the first Arab Shia state -- The rise of Iran -- The battle for the Middle East…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The non-Western world The Chinese cultural area Japan and Korea Southeast Asia The Indian subcontinent The Islamic world of the Middle East Sub-Saharan Africa Future prospects and challenges…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Beyond the Westphalian gaze -- Part 2. The East-Asian Sino-centric order -- Part 3. The Islamic cultural-historical community -- Part 4. …”

“…Mawlana Mawdudi was one of the most influential and important Islamic thinkers of the 20th century. His brand of political Islam has won widespread acceptance in South and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: political culture and foreign policy -- Europe: ever further apart -- Russia: grappling with the great bear -- Asia: the new global leader -- The Middle East: the role of Islam -- Latin America: Western, non-Western, what? …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Part III: Totalitarianisms -- Islam, Middle East, and fascism -- Apologists of totalitarianism -- Apostasy -- Islam on trial -- Part IV: Reformation and Enlightenment -- Is an Islamic reformation possible? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: the culture of modernity in Islam and the Middle East / Derek Hopwood -- Nature, hyperbole, and the colonial state: some Muslim appropriations of European modernity in late nineteenth-century Urdu literature / Javed Majeed -- The limits of the sacred: the epistemology of Àbd al-Karim Soroush / John Cooper -- Islamic scholar and religious leader: Shaikh Muhammad Saìd Ramadan al-Buti / Andreas Christmann -- Islamic history, Islamic identity and the reform of Islamic law: the thought of Husayn Ahmad Amin / Nadia Abu-Zahra -- Mahmud Muhammad Taha's second message of Islam and his modernist project / Mohamed Mahmoud -- Mohamed Talbi's ideas on Islam and politics: a conception of Islam for the modern world / Ronald L. …”

“…Mawlana Mawdudi was one of the most influential and important Islamic thinkers of the 20th century. His brand of political Islam has won widespread acceptance in South and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Oil, God and real estate -- Dropping anchors in the Middle East -- An Islamic pope -- Shifting sands -- Double, double, oil and trouble -- "A new and glorious chapter" -- Mobilizing religion -- Begin or Reagan -- "We support some, they support some" -- The Cold War ends with a bang -- Parting ways -- September 11 and beyond -- Reconfiguring the U.S.…”
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