Title
Inside the Muslim Brotherhood : religion, identity, and politics / Khalil al-Anani.
ISBN
9780190279738 (hardcover)
0190279737 (hardcover)
9780190279745 (electronic book)
0190279745
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Language
English
Description
xv, 199 pages ; 25 cm.
Call Number
BP10.J383 A635 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
322.4/20962
Summary
"The book unpacks the principal factors that shape the Brotherhood's identity, organization, and activism, investigating the processes of socialization, indoctrination, recruitment, identification, networking, and mobilization utilized by the movement. Khalil al-Anani argues that the Brotherhood is not merely a political actor seeks power but also an identity maker that aims to change societal values, norms, and morals to line up with its ideology and worldview. As a socio-political movement, he finds, the Brotherhood is involved in an intensive process of meaning construction and symbolic production that shape individuals' identity and gives sense to their lives. The result is Brotherhood a distinctive code of identity that governs the norms, values, and regulations that bind members together, maintains their activism, and guides their behavior in everyday life. The book also explains the Brotherhood's durability and how it endured regime repression and exclusion over the past three decades, which al-Anani attributes to the organization's structure and coherence. A tight-knit structure coupled with complex membership system has allowed the Brotherhood to resist regime penetration. Lastly, the book explores the balance of power within the Brotherhood. It investigates the divisions and differences within the movement and how this affects its strategy and decisions."--Provided by publisher.
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Religion and global politics.
Introduction : unpacking the Brotherhood
Debating Islamism and theorizing the Brotherhood
Constructing Islamic collective identity
Power of the jamaʻa : the enduring legacy of Hasan al-Banna
Chasing the prey : the Brotherhood's art of recruitment
Tarbiyya and consolidating the Brotherhood's identity
The Brotherhood's organization, structure, and ideology
Ikhwansim : the Brotherhood's code of identity
Enforced coherence : the Brotherhood under regime repression
Conclusion.
