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The Pious Road to Development
Bjorn Olav Utvik
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Description for The Pious Road to Development
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSR2; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Islamism is often portrayed as a reaction against, or at best a belated accommodation to, modernization. Refuting this dismissive opinion, Bjørn Utvik explores the movement through the lens of its engagement with social and economic change in Egypt. Utvik provides a comprehensive picture of debates within mainstream Islamist groups that are grappling with concrete economic issues. He also marshals powerful empirical evidence of the modernizing tendencies of these groups. The economic discourse of the Egyptian Islamists, he argues, echoes that of radical nationalism in its support for justice, development, and independence, tempered by advocacy of a moral economy as a ... Read more
Islamism is often portrayed as a reaction against, or at best a belated accommodation to, modernization. Refuting this dismissive opinion, Bjørn Utvik explores the movement through the lens of its engagement with social and economic change in Egypt. Utvik provides a comprehensive picture of debates within mainstream Islamist groups that are grappling with concrete economic issues. He also marshals powerful empirical evidence of the modernizing tendencies of these groups. The economic discourse of the Egyptian Islamists, he argues, echoes that of radical nationalism in its support for justice, development, and independence, tempered by advocacy of a moral economy as a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850657606
SKU
V9781850657606
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Ref
99-5
About Bjorn Olav Utvik
Bjørn Olav Utvik is associate professor and director of Middle East studies at the University of Oslo.
Reviews for The Pious Road to Development
'Bjørn Utvik's book is most welcome to anyone interested in political Islam.'
Michael J. Twomey, International Journal of Middle East Studies
'A worthy contribution to the understanding of Islamist economics and the struggle for development.'
Elias H. Tuma, Middle East Journal
'Professor Utvik, unlike most Western commentators on Islamist opposition forces, has actually read their works ... Read more
Michael J. Twomey, International Journal of Middle East Studies
'A worthy contribution to the understanding of Islamist economics and the struggle for development.'
Elias H. Tuma, Middle East Journal
'Professor Utvik, unlike most Western commentators on Islamist opposition forces, has actually read their works ... Read more