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Islam Instrumentalized

Religion and Politics in Historical Perspective

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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In this book, economist Jean-Philippe Platteau addresses the question: does Islam, the religion of Muslims, bear some responsibility for a lack of economic development in the countries in which it dominates? In his nuanced approach, Platteau challenges the widespread view that the doctrine of Islam is reactionary in the sense that it defends tradition against modernity and individual freedom. He also questions the view that fusion between religion and politics is characteristic of Islam and predisposes it to theocracy. He disagrees with the substantivist view that Islam is a major obstacle to modern development because of a merging of religion and the state, or a fusion between the spiritual and political domains. But he also identifies how Islam's decentralized organization, in the context of autocratic regimes, may cause political instability and make reforms costly.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-06-06
Mått152 x 228 x 30 mm
Vikt790 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
Antal sidor544
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781316609002

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Jean-Philippe Platteau is Professor of Economics at Université de Namur, Belgium. He has devoted his research career to studying the role of institutions in economic development and the processes of institutional change. He is the co-author of Culture, Institutions, and Development: New Insights into an Old Debate (with Robert Peccoud, 2010), and has contributed to volume two of the Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture (2013), as well as several articles for the Journal of Development Economics.

1. Introduction; 2. Insights from early modern Europe; 3. Conflation between religion and politics: the case of Islam; 4. The dominant system of politico-religious relations in Islam: a historical perspective; 5. The rise of Islam in conditions of state crisis: the case of weak states; 6. The rise of Islam in conditions of state crisis: the case of kleptocratic despotism; 7. Islamism in historical and international perspective; 8. Revivalist movements in other religions; 9. Enlightened despotism examined; 10. Islam, politics, and the challenge of enforcement; Bibliography; Index.

'An in-depth exploration of the complex relationship between religion and politics, or actually between clerics and rulers, this book succeeds in identifying the fundamental development obstacles faced today by Muslim countries. The author does so quite remarkably by weaving together his mastery of development theory and political economy with an impressive historical erudition and a deep knowledge of politics and economics in the contemporary Muslim world. This book is a landmark for our understanding of the essential role of institutions in development, within the context of Islam.' François Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics, Former Chief Economist of the World Bank