Islam

cultura, religión y política

El islam es una importante fuerza religiosa, política y cultural en el mundo, al tiempo que una fuente inagotable de espiritualidad de la que han bebido y siguen bebiendo millones de seres humanos. El futuro de la humanidad no puede construirse contra el islam, ni ...

Vetas e ilustración

reflexiones sobre feminismo e Islam

El presente libro trata de situar el feminismo frente a dos de sus referentes polémicos en la era de la globalización: el multiculturalismo y el etnocentrismo. Constatamos que las culturas son realidades sociales e ideológicas complejas en las que se producen hibridaciones y procesos crítico-reflexivos ...

Radical Reform

islamic ethics and liberation

Tariq Ramadan has emerged as one of the foremost voices of reformist Islam in the West. In one of his previous books, 'Western Muslims and the Future of Islam'he urged his fellow Muslims to participate fully in the civil life of the Western societies ...

Islam, the people and the state

political ideas and movements in the Middle East

The recent prominence of Islamic politics in the Middle East has raised important questions about society, politics and culture. It has posed a challenge to the main theoretical approaches in the social sciences from Marxism to modernization theory and it has given some credence to ...

Muslims of Europe

the 'other' eropeans

The interchange between Muslims and Europe has a long and complicated history, dating back to before the idea of #Europe# was born, and the earliest years of Islam. There has been a Muslim presence on the European continent before, but never has it been so ...

Ser mujer y musulmana

La situación de la mujer en el mundo islámico es una de las cuestiones más debatidas y susceptibles de interpretaciones sesgadas en Occidente. Por un lado, no cabe duda de que las mujeres se encuentran en una situación de inferioridad, tanto en el plano legal ...

Cotton, climate, and camels in Early Islamic Iran

a moment in world history

A boom in the production and export of cotton made Iran the richest region of the Islamic caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries. In the eleventh century, however, Iran's rich agricultural economy collapsed, along with its trade in textiles. Combining recent ecological data ...

Morocco

challenges to tradition and modernity

For many contemporary observers and analysts, Morocco remains a mystery. So close to Europe, Morocco simultaneously represents a similarly open political culture and its complete antithesis: Human rights associations openly challenge authoritarian rule, while an emphasis on Moroccan singularity and authenticity prevents the establishment of ...

Islamists and secularists in Egypt

opposition, conflict and cooperation

In a detailed analysis of the continued survival of authoritarian governments in the Arab world, this book uses Egypt as a case study to address the timely and complex issue of democratization in the Middle East. This book examines how relations between different actors in ...

Questioning the veil

open letters to muslim women

Across much of the world today, Muslim women of all ages are increasingly turning to wearing the veil. Is this trend a sign of rising piety or a way of asserting Muslim pride? And does the veil really provide women freedom from sexual harassment? Written ...

The politics of women's rights in Iran

In The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran , Arzoo Osanloo explores how Iranian women understand their rights. After the 1979 revolution, Iranian leaders transformed the state into an Islamic republic. At that time, the country's leaders used a renewed discourse of women's ...

What Kind of Liberation?

Women and the Occupation of Iraq

In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation#especially for women. The first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since the invasion, What Kind of Liberation? reports from the heart of ...

Impossible peace

Israel/Palestine since 1989

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the failure of the Oslo Accords as they pass into history. Mark LeVine argues that Oslo was never going to bring peace of justice to Palestinians or Israelis and that the accords collapsed not because of a failure ...

The international relations of the Persian Gulf

Gregory Gause's masterful book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of the international politics in the Persian Gulf across nearly four decades. The story begins in 1971 when Great Britain ended its protectorate relations with the smaller states of the lower Gulf ...

Islam

cultura, religión y política

El islam es una importante fuerza religiosa, política y cultural en el mundo, al tiempo que una fuente inagotable de espiritualidad de la que han bebido y siguen bebiendo millones de seres humanos. El futuro de la humanidad no puede construirse contra el islam, ni ...

Militant Islam

a sociology of characteristics, causes and consequences

Controbutions from Donncha Marron and Philip W. Sutton. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Written in a clear and direct style, Stephen Vertigans´ text provides a comprehensive and reliable guide to modern Islamic movements around the world. Militant Islam is a valuable analysis of Muslim responses to the West that dispels ...

Islam, the people and the state

political ideas and movements in the Middle East

The recent prominence of Islamic politics in the Middle East has raised important questions about society, politics and culture. It has posed a challenge to the main theoretical approaches in the social sciences from Marxism to modernization theory and it has given some credence to ...

Afghanistan

aid, armies and empires

As the battle for Afghanistan intensifies, with humanitarian workers increasingly finding themselves on the frontline, aid expert Peter Marsden draws on decades of personal experience in the country to unravel the relationship between great power politics and development, from the Great Game era to the ...

Mohamed VI

el príncipe que no quería ser rey

Este libro es más que una biografía del soberano de Marruecos. El autor traza el perfil psicológico y político de un personaje complejo y torturado inmerso en el contexto en el que está obligado a desenvolverse. Es la crónica de un complicado proceso político, que ...

Las relaciones difíciles

Marruecos y España

Marruecos y España, España y Marruecos, han vivido desde tiempos lejanos una relación que tiene todas las peculiaridades e inconvenientes de diversa índole que conlleva la vecindad geográfica. Esa relación ha pasado por momentos muy dispares, más y menos tensos, más y menos plácidos, que ...