Brief review 5 pgs The subject of this section is the Islamic revivalism and the emergence of Islam as a major global political force The chapter discusses the initial dynamics of Islamic politics and Islamism through the analysis of the life, ideas and activities of some of the key Muslim pioneering thinkers and activists. The article by analyses the dynamics and critical implications of the interaction between nationalism and political Islam in the Muslim world. The subject of the three readings by is a detailed discussion of Islamic revival, and its organization into various typologies. The chapter by deals with the dynamics of change and pluralism in the Muslim world. The chapter by discusses the dynamics of counter-jihad in the Muslim world, the article by presents his provocative thesis on post-Islamism in the context of the recent revolutionary changes in the Arab world, , and article discusses the difficult choices facing Muslim social movements and revivalists, especially after the Arab Spring. The collection of views gathered in the article presents views of the more recent reformist trends in Islamic revivalist thought. introduces what he identifies as Progressive Islam, and discusses the encounter between extremist and moderate Islam. In the the audio lecture by which was delivered at FIU as part of the MESC lecture series, discusses various trends of contemporary Islamism and its encounter with modernity. , the leading historian of Islam, from Columbia University, gives an overview of history of Muslim thinking and practices in governance (watch from minute 4 on). one of the world leading scholars of political Islam, provides a sweeping overview of the doctrinal evolution and the practical challenges facing the contemporary Muslim activists and thinkers globally in this lecture at University of London in 2016. The is particularly relevant to the understanding of the origins of the radical tradition among Islamic revivalist thinkers from Qutb to bin Laden.
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