Temptations of Power
- 280pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
Noted Middle East scholar Shadi Hamid draws from years of research on Islamist parties to explain their past, their activities in the present, and the likely paths they will follow in the future.
Shadi Hamid Libri
Shadi Hamid approfondisce l'intricato rapporto tra Islam e politica, esplorando come il mondo islamico si stia evolvendo attualmente e le sfide che ciò presenta per l'ordine globale. Il suo lavoro seziona le tensioni tra precetti religiosi e aspirazioni democratiche, offrendo prospettive acute sulle dinamiche politiche e sociali contemporanee. Le analisi di Hamid forniscono una lente cruciale per comprendere i paesaggi mutevoli all'interno delle nuove regioni del mondo. Offre un esame avvincente delle forze che plasmano il pensiero islamico contemporaneo e il suo impatto.
Islamic Exceptionalism
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Islamic Exceptionalism is a vital contribution to our understanding of Islam's past and present, and its out sized role in modern politics. We don't have to like it, but we have to understand it - because Islam, as a religion and as an idea, will continue to be a force that shapes not just the region, but the West as well in the decades to come.
The Problem of Democracy
- 272pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
What happens when democracy produces "bad" outcomes? Is democracy good because of its outcomes or despite them? This "democratic dilemma" is one of the most persistent, vexing problems for America abroad, particularly in the Middle East--we want democracy in theory but not necessarily in practice. To look then at the democratic dilemma is to consider a deeper set of questions around why we believe democracy is good as well as whether we think it is good for other nations and cultures. In The Problem of Democracy, Shadi Hamid offers an ambitious reimagining of this ongoing debate and argues for "democratic minimalism"--democracy without expecting that Western-style liberalism will accompany it--as a path to resolving democratic dilemmas in the Middle East and beyond.