Toward new democratic imaginaries

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Springer, Dordrecht

2016

342 Pages

ISBN 978-3-319-41819-3

Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations
vol. 2

Toward new democratic imaginaries

İstanbul seminars on Islam, culture and politics

Edited by

Seyla Benhabib, Volker Kaul

This volume combines rigorous empirical and theoretical analyses with political engagement to look beyond reductive short-hands that ignore the historical evolution and varieties of Islamic doctrine and that deny the complexities of Muslim societies' encounters with modernity itself. Are Islam and democracy compatible? Can we shed the language of 'Islam vs. the West' for new political imaginaries? The authors analyze struggles over political legitimacy since the Arab Spring and the rise of Al Qaeda and ISIS in their historical and politicalcomplexity across the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Distinguishing multiculturalism from interculturalism and understanding multiple modernities, philosophers in the volume tease out the complexities of civilizational encounters. The volume also shows how the Paris massacres or the Danish caricature controversy do not remain confined to Europe but influence struggles and confrontations within Muslim societies. Gender and Islam are addressed from a comparative perspective bringing into conversation not only the experience of different Muslim countries with Islamic law but also by analysing Jewish family law.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41821-6

Full citation:

Benhabib, S. , Kaul, V. (eds) (2016). Toward new democratic imaginaries: İstanbul seminars on Islam, culture and politics, Springer, Dordrecht.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Kaul Volker

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