Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam

Lahouari Addi is a professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques at the University of Lyon, and research fellow at the Centre de Recherche en Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle in Oran, Algeria. He is the author of numerous books and articles on North Africa and political Islam, including Deux anthropologues au Maghreb: Ernest Gellner et Clifford Geertz and L'Algerie et la Democratie.

PrefaceIntroduction

Part I. Origins and Perspectives of Arab Nationalism1. The Emergence and Development of Arab NationalismWahhabism as a Proto-NationalismLiberal Nationalism in EgyptFrom Liberal Arabism to Radical Arab Nationalism

2. The Ideological Limitations of Radical Arab NationalismRadical Arab Nationalism against the Market EconomyPopulism against SocietyEconomism as a Response to Cultural Crisis

3. Nationalism and NationThe Militarization of PoliticsThe Aggressive Nature of NationalismWhat Is a Nation if Its People Are Not Sovereign?

Part II. The Ideological and Political Dynamics of Islamism4. Islamism as Cultural Representation and Ideological WillThe Cultural Roots of IslamismThe Making of Islamist Ideology: Sayyid Qutb and Abul A’la MawdudiToward Post-Islamism?

5. Islamism and Democracy Democracy and Political Participation Th e Al hakimiyya li Allah SloganTh e Question of Sharia

6. The Ideological and Political Perspectives of Islamism The Cultural Heterogeneity of Contemporary Arab Society Al-Nahda, Sufi sm, and Islamism Eventful Regression

ConclusionIndexAbout the Author