Temptations of Power
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Noted Middle East scholar Shadi Hamid draws from years of research on Islamist parties to explain their past, their activities in the present, and the likely paths they will follow in the future.
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Shadi Hamid duikt in de ingewikkelde relatie tussen de islam en politiek, en onderzoekt hoe de islamitische wereld zich momenteel ontwikkelt en welke uitdagingen dit stelt aan de mondiale orde. Zijn werk ontleedt de spanningen tussen religieuze voorschriften en democratische aspiraties, en biedt inzichtelijke perspectieven op hedendaagse politieke en maatschappelijke dynamieken. Hamid's analyses bieden een cruciale lens om de veranderende landschappen binnen nieuwe regio's van de wereld te begrijpen. Hij biedt een boeiend onderzoek naar de krachten die het hedendaagse islamitische denken en de impact ervan vormen.
Islamic Exceptionalism
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Islamic Exceptionalism is a vital contribution to our understanding of Islam's past and present, and its out sized role in modern politics. We don't have to like it, but we have to understand it - because Islam, as a religion and as an idea, will continue to be a force that shapes not just the region, but the West as well in the decades to come.
The Problem of Democracy
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What happens when democracy produces "bad" outcomes? Is democracy good because of its outcomes or despite them? This "democratic dilemma" is one of the most persistent, vexing problems for America abroad, particularly in the Middle East--we want democracy in theory but not necessarily in practice. To look then at the democratic dilemma is to consider a deeper set of questions around why we believe democracy is good as well as whether we think it is good for other nations and cultures. In The Problem of Democracy, Shadi Hamid offers an ambitious reimagining of this ongoing debate and argues for "democratic minimalism"--democracy without expecting that Western-style liberalism will accompany it--as a path to resolving democratic dilemmas in the Middle East and beyond.