Title Enemy in the mirror : Islamic fundamentalism and the limits of modern rationalism / Roxanne L. Euben.

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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1999.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	320.55 E96E	Check Shelf

Description	xiv, 239 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
Contents	Preface xi A Note on Spelling xv CHAPTER ONE Re-Marking Territories 3 Comparative Political Theory and Foundationalist Political Practice 8 The Politics of Naming: Defining Fundamentalism 16 CHAPTER TWO Projections and Refractions: Islamic Fundamentalism and Modern Rationalist Discourse 20 The Irrational Rational Actor: Theories of Islamic Fundamentalism 25 Meaning and Power: A Dialogic Model of Intepretation 36 Toward an Understanding of Islamic Fundamentalism 42 CHAPTER THREE A View from Another Side: The Political Theory of Sayyid Qutb 49 Sayyid Qutb: Radical and Martyr 53 Modernity as Pathology: Analysis and Exhortation in Signposts along the Road 55 Rationalism and Reenchantment 84 Conclusion: Beyond Orientalism 88 CHAPTER FOUR A View across Time: Islam as the Religion of Reason 93 Afghani and Islamic Philosophy 96 'Abduh and The Theology of Unity 105 Through the Back Door: Rationalism and Islamic Modernism 114 Coda: Khomeini and Shi'ite Fundamentalism 117 CHAPTER FIVE Inside the Looking Glass: Views within the West 123 The Crisis of Authority 127 The Decay of Morality 133 The Decline of Community 142 Modern Anxieties and Metaphysical Urges 150 CHAPTER SIX Conclusion: Cultural Syncretism and Multiple Modernities 154 Notes 169 Bibliography 217 Index 233.
Subject	Islamic fundamentalism.
	Islamic countries -- Politics and government.
	Rationalism.
	Islamic fundamentalism. (OCoLC)fst00979941
	Rationalism. (OCoLC)fst01090275
	Islamic countries. (OCoLC)fst01244130
	Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Fundamentalisme.
	Islam.
	Rationalisme.
	Islamic countries -- Politics and government.
Indexed Term	Fundamentalismo islámico.
	Países islámicos Política y gobierno.
ISBN	0691058431 (cl ; alk. paper)
	9780691058436 (cl ; alk. paper)
	069105844X (pb ; alk. paper)
	9780691058443 (pb ; alk. paper)

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