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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Abdo, Geneive, 1960- No God but God. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002, ©2000 (OCoLC)50945362 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Geneive Abdo |
ISBN: | 9780198029014 0198029012 |
OCLC Number: | 61725404 |
Notes: | "Originally published by Oxford University Press, Inc., 2000 ; ... issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2002"--Title page verso. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) |
Contents: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; 1 The New Face of Islam; 2 Streets of Green; 3 The Fount of Islam; 4 The Professionals; 5 School of Revolution; 6 Taking the Veil; 7 Court of Public Opinion; 8 To Iran and Back Again; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
Other Titles: | Egypt and the triumph of Islam |
Responsibility: | Geneive Abdo. |
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Western observers and regime apologists tend to oversimplify social or political activism when it exhibits an Islamic coloration, casting it as monodimensional, uncompromising, and reactionary. No God But God debunks these one-dimensional depictions of Egyptian Muslims by offering an incisive, fresh, and richly drawn canvas. Yet, Abdo's book is not simply a riposte, but a congenial, informed, and often affectionate account of Muslims seeking to redefinethemselves, their politics, and their society. If her subjects are groping for meaning, and recreating themselves in the process, the same may not be said of the government. Abdo's material is devastating, not least the image of an inept, uncreative, but often brutal government with a limited repertoire oftactics. * Augustus Richard Norton, Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, Harvard University * As Abdo effectively points out in this important work, regardless of significant Western cultural influence and a relatively secular and firm Egyptian government, the grassroots Islamic revival taking shape in Egypt is indeed a serious and thriving force. * Middle East Insight * Read more...


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