Awakening Islam [electronic resource] : the politics of religious dissent in contemporary Saudi Arabia / Stéphane Lacroix ; translated by George Holoch.
2011
DS244.63 .L345 2011eb
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Awakening Islam [electronic resource] : the politics of religious dissent in contemporary Saudi Arabia / Stéphane Lacroix ; translated by George Holoch.
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Islamistes saoudiens, une insurrection manquée. English
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9780674061071 electronic book
9780674049642
9780674049642
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
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English
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Translated from the French.
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1 online resource (373 p.) : map.
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DS244.63 .L345 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.5/5709538
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.