Screen LibraryAwakening Islam：the politics of religious dissent in contemporary Saudi Arabia
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Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Islamistes saoudiens, une insurrection manquee. |
| Carrier Form: | 373 p.: map ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780674049642 (alk. paper) 0674049640 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D738 |
| CLC: | D738.463 |
| Call Number: | D738.463/L147 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Islamism in a fragmented society -- The development of the sahwa -- Resistance to sahwa ascendancy -- A sacrificed generation -- The logic of the insurrection -- Anatomy of a failure -- The Islamists after the insurrection -- Conclusion: the lessons of the insurrection. Explores the political culture in Saudi Arabia, describing how the Middle Eastern country became a place of refuge for Islamist militants beginning in the 1950s, which led to a social movement that focused on political activism and local religious ideas, and discussing the effects of this social movement on Saudi society. |