Islamic Identity and Development: Studies of the Islamic Periphery - Hardcover

Mehmet, Ozay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415043867 ISBN 13: 9780415043861

Publisher: Routledge, 1990

Synopsis

Turkey and Malaysia, two countries on the Islamic periphery, are often not included in discussions of Islamic reassertion and identity. Yet both have been at the forefront of modernization and development, and are exposed to a rising trend of Islamic revival which discloses a deep, psychological identity crisis.

In Islamic Identity and Development, Ozay Mehmet examines this identity crisis in the wider context of the Islamic dilemma of reconciling nationalism with Islam. He sees the Islamic revival primarily as a protest movement, concentrated among urban migrant settlements where uneven post-war growth has upset the traditional Islamic order. He argues that Islamic societies must move towards greater openness and an organic relationship between rulers and ruled. In particular, Mehmet suggests the need for a public policy that is not only responsive to material human needs but which also satisfies the ethical preconditions of the Islamic social contract.

About this title

About the Author:

Ozay Mehmet is Professor and Coordinator of Development Studies at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa.

Review:

"The book contains scores of interesting observations, drawn from a wide variety of sources. . . . And it offers an eclectic mix of policy recommendations, all worthy of discussion."
-"International Journal of Middle East Studies
"Ozay Mehmet's work will . . . be welcomed, as much for the methodological questions it raises as for its contribution to the understanding of modern Turkey or Malaysia."
-"Journal of Asian Studies
"The interested scholar will find a rich and instructive analysis of economic development programs in Turkey and Malaysia. . . . It is also an invaluable book for the student of the contemporary Islamic world who wants a better understanding of either Turkey or Malaysia."
-"Journal of Development Studies

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0415043867
• ISBN 13: 9780415043861
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272