The New Politics of Islam: Pan-Islamic Foreign Policy in a World of States (Routledge Islamic Studies Series) - Hardcover

Sheikh, Naveed S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700715924 ISBN 13: 9780700715923

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

This is a timely study of the international relations of Islamic states, dealing both with the evolving theory of pan-Islamism from classical to post-caliphal times and the foreign-policy practice of contemporary states, especially Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan, from the colonial period to the global aftermath of September 11. With a concise but analytic style, the book engages one-by-one with the questions of political theory, political geography and political sociology as they relate to international Islam. Its primary empirical investigation is centred on the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), a powerful pan-Islamic regime, sometimes referred to as the 'Muslim United Nations'. In its theoretical deliberations on Islam and the postmodern condition, the book reconstructs contemporary understandings of how religious ideas and identities influence international politics in the Islamic world.

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Review

'This short, yet ambitious study by a Muslim scholar departs to a large extent from the bulk of the literature of its type ... the author has a passionate style, with not infrequent wit and flair.' - International Affairs

'A significant contribution to the prevalent literature on Islam in the area of International Relations.' - Muslim World Book Review

About the Author

Naveed Sheikh is Honorary European Trust Scholar at Churchill College and a doctoral candidate at the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0700715924
• ISBN 13: 9780700715923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224