Difference between revisions of "Islamist-Islamism"

From Powerbase
Jump to: navigation, search
(History of usage)
Line 7: Line 7:
 
:Terminology for the phenomena characterized as Political Islam varies among scholars. The first scholar to introduce the term Political Islam was [[Martin Kramer]] in 1980. Some scholars use the term Islamism for the same set of phenomena, or use the two terms interchangeably. Dekmejian 1980 was among the first to place the politicization of Islam in the context of the failures of secular governments, although he uses the terms Islamism and fundamentalism (rather than Political Islam) interchangeably. Dekmejian 1995, still using fundamentalism and Islamism, is an influential treatment of Political Islam as increasingly mainstream and moderate. Some scholars, using descriptive terms such as conservative, progressive, militant, radical, or jihadist, distinguish among ideological strains of Political Islam.<ref>John O. Voll, Tamara Sonn [https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-0063.xml Political Islam] ''Oxford Bibliographies'', LAST REVIEWED: 29 SEPTEMBER 2014, LAST MODIFIED: 14 DECEMBER 2009 DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780195390155-0063.</ref>
 
:Terminology for the phenomena characterized as Political Islam varies among scholars. The first scholar to introduce the term Political Islam was [[Martin Kramer]] in 1980. Some scholars use the term Islamism for the same set of phenomena, or use the two terms interchangeably. Dekmejian 1980 was among the first to place the politicization of Islam in the context of the failures of secular governments, although he uses the terms Islamism and fundamentalism (rather than Political Islam) interchangeably. Dekmejian 1995, still using fundamentalism and Islamism, is an influential treatment of Political Islam as increasingly mainstream and moderate. Some scholars, using descriptive terms such as conservative, progressive, militant, radical, or jihadist, distinguish among ideological strains of Political Islam.<ref>John O. Voll, Tamara Sonn [https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-0063.xml Political Islam] ''Oxford Bibliographies'', LAST REVIEWED: 29 SEPTEMBER 2014, LAST MODIFIED: 14 DECEMBER 2009 DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780195390155-0063.</ref>
  
Kramer's book was published by Sage but in a series called the 'Washington Papers'.  This was edited by [[Walter Laquer]] the ??? who was at the time attached to the [[Georgetown University]] think tank the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]].
+
Kramer's book was published by Sage but in a series called the 'Washington Papers'.  This was edited by [[Walter Laqueur]] the historian, journalist and 'terror expert' who was at the time attached to the [[Georgetown University]] think tank the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]].
 +
 
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
  

Revision as of 15:10, 13 February 2020

Islamism (and the associated Islamist) are terms that are used very widely in contemporary discourse.


History of usage

Four years later Martin Kramer - both student and friend of Lewis - introduced the term 'Political Islam':

Terminology for the phenomena characterized as Political Islam varies among scholars. The first scholar to introduce the term Political Islam was Martin Kramer in 1980. Some scholars use the term Islamism for the same set of phenomena, or use the two terms interchangeably. Dekmejian 1980 was among the first to place the politicization of Islam in the context of the failures of secular governments, although he uses the terms Islamism and fundamentalism (rather than Political Islam) interchangeably. Dekmejian 1995, still using fundamentalism and Islamism, is an influential treatment of Political Islam as increasingly mainstream and moderate. Some scholars, using descriptive terms such as conservative, progressive, militant, radical, or jihadist, distinguish among ideological strains of Political Islam.[1]

Kramer's book was published by Sage but in a series called the 'Washington Papers'. This was edited by Walter Laqueur the historian, journalist and 'terror expert' who was at the time attached to the Georgetown University think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Resources

Notes

  1. John O. Voll, Tamara Sonn Political Islam Oxford Bibliographies, LAST REVIEWED: 29 SEPTEMBER 2014, LAST MODIFIED: 14 DECEMBER 2009 DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780195390155-0063.