The Politicization of Islam
Author | : Kemal H. Karpat |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195136180 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195136187 |
Rating | : 4/5 (187 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Politicization of Islam written by Kemal H. Karpat and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the transformation of the Ottoman Empire over the 19th and 20th centuries. It focuses on Muslim revivalist-fundamentalist movements which were contained by the Ottoman government's Islamist ideology and whose ideas fuelled a new kind of nationalist-religious ideology.