| I really enjoyed Enayat's incredible clarity, scholarship, and precise, well-supported arguments-- until the discussion on Islam and democracy | ae Ahmed Essia Ries, essa |
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| by 1956 from: The Politics of Hope Boston: Riverside Press, 1962 | Not only do these essays teach us about the American political experience at critical junctures of our history, but they also inform us about important principles and practices that remain essential to promoting the common good in our own day |
| The historiography mentioned earlier is neither perfunctory nor an act of charity, but a necessary adjunct to the work of the book | |
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| It explains why the Civil War continues to shape how we think about our country, lo this many generations later | Enayat examines the concept of the Islamic state, and the Muslim response to the challenge of modern ideologies such as nationalism, democracy and socialism, as well as notions of Shi'i modernism, much neglected in Western writings |
These essays provide rich historical insights with provocative contemporary implications.
19| "-- Choice "In our day, when political polarization reigns supreme, what could be timelier than a collection that explores the political and constitutional dilemmas confronted by our Civil War forebears? sa BOUZID BAA Saliha, bouzidbaasaliha gmail | "— Civil War Book Review "In addition to showcasing fine scholarship, the essays show how that era's arguments over the core principles of the American political tradition--natural rights, federalism, constitutionalism, justice, and equality--remain relevant today and should inform current political debates |
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| Hamid Enayat provides an answer by describing and interpreting some of the major Islamic political ideas, especially those expressed by Iranians and Egyptians, as well as thinkers from Pakistan, India, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq | Hamid Enayat, a great thinker and philosopher, has enjoyed lots of resources, also some obsolete ones, in other languages such as Arabic, German, English and French to explore different Islamic political ideas which had influenced on developing Islam in recent years |