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17%OFFStéphane Lacroix - Awakening Islam: The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia - 9780674049642 - V9780674049642
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Awakening Islam: The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia

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Description for Awakening Islam: The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia Hardback. With unprecedented access to a closed culture, Lacroix offers an account of Islamism in Saudi Arabia. Tracing the last half-century of the Sahwa, or "Islamic Awakening," he explains the brand of Islam that gave birth to Osama bin Laden--one that has been exported, and dangerously misunderstood, around the world. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJ; HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 546.

Amidst the roil of war and instability across the Middle East, the West is still searching for ways to understand the Islamic world. Stéphane Lacroix has now given us a penetrating look at the political dynamics of Saudi Arabia, one of the most opaque of Muslim countries and the place that gave birth to Osama bin Laden.

The result is a history that has never been told before. Lacroix shows how thousands of Islamist militants from Egypt, Syria, and other Middle Eastern countries, starting in the 1950s, escaped persecution and found refuge in Saudi Arabia, where they were integrated ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674049642
SKU
V9780674049642
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About Stéphane Lacroix
Stéphane Lacroix is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po, Paris.

Reviews for Awakening Islam: The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia
Based on intimate knowledge of the militants, Lacroix's pioneering analysis of the history and politics of Saudi Islamists is, and will remain, a classic.
Gilles Kepel, author of Jihad and Beyond Terror and Martyrdom Awakening Islam is the benchmark against which books on the vital intersection between religion and politics in Saudi Arabia will now be measured. It sheds ... Read more

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