The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism

Download or read book The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism written by Andrea Mura and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism initiates a dialogue between the discourse of three of the most discussed figures in the history of the Sunni Islamic movement - Hasan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb and Osama bin Laden - and contemporary debates across religion and political theory. Redressing the inefficiency of the terms in which the debate on Islam and Islamism is generally conducted, the book examines the role played by tradition, modernity, and transmodernity as major ‘symbolic scenarios’ of Islamist discourses, highlighting the internal complexity and dynamism of Islamism.