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Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective
Michael A. Cook
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Hardback. Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? This title answers these questions by examining the roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity in modern political life. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAM2; HRH; HRKP; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 922.
Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? If so, what is it? Ancient Religions, Modern Politics seeks to answer these questions by examining the roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity in modern political life, placing special emphasis on the relevance--or irrelevance--of their heritages to today's social and political concerns. Michael Cook takes an in-depth, comparative look at political identity, social values, attitudes to warfare, views about the role of ... Read more
Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? If so, what is it? Ancient Religions, Modern Politics seeks to answer these questions by examining the roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity in modern political life, placing special emphasis on the relevance--or irrelevance--of their heritages to today's social and political concerns. Michael Cook takes an in-depth, comparative look at political identity, social values, attitudes to warfare, views about the role of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
929g
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691144900
SKU
V9780691144900
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About Michael A. Cook
Michael Cook is professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University. He is the author of Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought and A Brief History of the Human Race, among other books.
Reviews for Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective
Michael Cook, Winner of the 2014 Holberg Prize "Ancient Religions, Modern Politics ... addresses a vital present-day issue on which many have offered opinions, all unsupported by the historical scholarship that he has been able to apply ... impregnable scholarship ... towering work."
Jonathan Benthall, Times Literary Supplement "[Cook] presents a panoramic and nuanced overview of political Islam with regard to ... Read more
Jonathan Benthall, Times Literary Supplement "[Cook] presents a panoramic and nuanced overview of political Islam with regard to ... Read more